Editing Rural sociology (section)

==== China ====
Before 1949, China’s rural sociological studies focused primarily on the rural class and power structures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rural sociology promotes reform and development in rural China-CSST |url=http://www.csstoday.com/Item/6697.aspx |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.csstoday.com}}</ref> Community studies by prominent sociologists like [[Fei Xiaotong|Fei Xiatong (Fei Hsiao-tung)]] were influenced by American rural sociology and were also popular in mid and early 20th century China.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Freedman |first=Maurice |date=1962 |title=Sociology in China: A Brief Survey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/651784 |journal=The China Quarterly |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=166–173 |doi=10.1017/S030574100000285X |jstor=651784 |issn=0305-7410}}</ref> All sociology programs in China were terminated in 1952 by Mao Zedong.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Bian |first1=Yanjie |last2=Zhang |first2=Lei |date=2008 |title=Sociology in China |journal=Contexts |language=en |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=20–25 |doi=10.1525/ctx.2008.7.3.20 |issn=1536-5042|doi-access=free }}</ref> It was not until 1979, when the Chinese Sociological Association was reestablished, that sociological studies in China began again.<ref name=":6" /> Influences from American sociologists were welcomed during this time and continued to impact Chinese rural sociological studies into the 21st century.<ref name=":6" /> However, there have been pushes from contemporary Chinese rural sociologists like Yang Min and Xu Yong to reconsider this western lens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New opportunities for rural sociology studies in China-CSST |url=http://csstoday.com/Item/1805.aspx |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=csstoday.com}}</ref>