The Double Variation Of State And Local Society

Wuxi was one of the central areas of Nanjing national government, which the Kuomintang regime had been trying to control. To achieve this attempt, the authorities launched a series of initiatives in Wuxi local society, such as the demolition of city walls and construction of roads, declaring the price of land, banning Tanhuang performance to strengthen the control of the Wuxi local society in the political, economic, and cultural fields. Public opinion conflicts occurred between them in Wuxi local newspapers, the essence of the conflict is between national and local interests dispute. In the events of Removing walls and constructing roads, the government used the press public opinion to shape the city material space reconstruction project of regional into a symbol of revolutionary action, but this kind of ideological indoctrination conflicted with local interests.At last,the attempt failed. In the process of land registration, the work of land registration was given publicity to the implementation of equalizing land rights by the government. But that broke the economic interests of gentry merchants who were firmly opposed to. Both sides finally compromised, declaring the price of land before tax. In the event of banning Tanhuang, the authorities banned Tanhuang performance and constructed the negative image of Tanhuang. Through the improvement, the new Tanhuang opera achieved the double maintenance of national and local interests.But the conflict of interest had not led to the extreme polarization between the state and Wuxi local society, both sides reached a compromise and cooperation timely in the conflict, which formed the political normality in Wuxi society, and promoted the positive development of the local communities in Wuxi.