Chinese People's Tolerance of Inequality

Based on the analysis of national representativ survey data, Chinese Social Survey(CSS), this study probe the factors influencing people's attitudes toward inequality.  Journalists used "social volcano" to predict the protests and discontent of grassroots, while researchers found that Chinese respondents, on the whole, still think that current resouces allocation model is equal, moreover, rural residents have a stronger sense of fairness than urban residents.  This paper try to figure out why Chinese people tolerate inequality and why the rural residents in lower socio-economic position have positive attitudes toward inequality.  If the objective socio-economic positions of people are not tightly associated with their subjective attitudes, we try to find out what are the intermediating factors between ojective positions and subjective attitudes.  Factors including value of success, class identity, and urbanization are analyzed to explain how Chinese People are facing inequality.