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This research focuses on intergenerational disputes and grievances in the family since the China's rural economic reform of the 1980s. A sample of 158 elderly persons in two rural villages of South China were surveyed (30 of them interviewed in depth) in 1987. Findings indicate that mother-inlaw and daughter-in-law disputes are still common but power has shifted to the young compared with the past. Ideological and life style differences between generations are not significant issues. Household expenditure and the care of grandchildren are grievances for a few. Most of intergenerational grievances occur in the type and amount of economic support the elderly receive from their sons, and the property division among their sons. The elderly reported that most of disputes and grievances are endured or avoided and this may reflect the loss of power for the older generation under the decollectivization. There are no mediation or other institutionalized dispute resolution mechanisms available in these villages.