Soup Love and a Helping Hand

<p> Despite growing affluence a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research among several different types of communities in Guangzhou China <em>Soup Love and a Helping Hand</em> examines different modes and ideologies of help/support as well as the related issues of reciprocity relatedness (kinship) and changing state-society relations in contemporary China. With an emphasis on the subjective experience Fleischer's research carefully explores people's ideas about moral obligations social expectations and visions of urban Chinese society.</p>