The structure of rural societies in China has been studied by many researchers. Several characteristics are widely viewed as the unique features of Chinese rural societies. However, the quantitative measure of these characteristics are not found. We measure and examine the structure of Chinese...

We examine how adoption of a high-value crop diffuses through social networks, using detailed demographic, social network, and adoption data from ten villages in Central China. We develop a model of diffusion through a multiplex network that distinguishes the influence of sharing experiential...