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The Dragon's Village & Things Fall Apart

the land reform and the cultural changes in China the introduction of the land reform caused. For example, when the Communists finally overthrow the Guomindang, Ling-ling observes that all over Shanghai, billboards that had once extolled Camel cigarettes and other goods now sang the praises of worker-peasant unity and land reform (Chen 48). Thus, the coming of Communism introduces the change from a market-oriented economy to a system more concerned with the relationship between the worker and the land. Now, instead of consumer-oriented propaganda, the government will attempt to broad-cast their message through every possible media, including the people.

For instance, Ling-ling also observes that every day the press carried articles and editorials instructing the cadres selected to go to the villages. But the class differences so prevalent in China posed the first problem. Historically, the peasants worked the land and thus there was no need for educating them.

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