![]() The first part of this paper briefly summarizes relevant research on the Chinese middle class, focusing on the paradox in their political attitudes and consumption patterns. Borrowing the concepts of capital and habitus from Bourdieu, this paper explores the divergence among the current different classes in China, the formation of the middle class, and whether the problem of class crystallization exists by analyzing differences in capital investment and parenting orientation of Chinese urban residents in the upbringing and education of their children. The differences between the middle class and the lower class are increasingly evident, and have even formed a so-called cleavage. On the other hand, some scholars believe that China’s class structure is solidifying, class barriers are becoming increasingly rigid, and mobilization has become even harder. Many studies have looked at the definition, social functions, political attitudes, and consumer attitudes of the middle class. Beginning in the 1980s, the numbers and proportion of this group showed rapid growth. ![]() On the one hand, the middle class has begun to receive attention. ![]() With China’s economic development and the upgrading of people’s living standards, social class differentiation and inequality has increasingly become a topic of public concern. ![]()
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