中欧社会论坛 - China Europa ForumThe Change and Continuity of Family Life in Chinese Urban Area
Martin King Whyte
2005, Issue 3
Open Times
Abstract: This paper studies the change and continuity of intergenerational relationship in Chinese family life by comparing Baoding of Mainland China with its counterpart in Taiwan’s urban area. The author holds that, in Baoding, the system and norms formed in 1950s have provided protection for the majority of the elderly and helped build up a strong intergenerational network that satisfies both parents and their grown-up children. The pattern of filial support for parents and the micro-system that helps shape such a pattern compares Mainland China favorably with Taiwan (of the corresponding period) in terms of “modernity”.