China Income and poverty in China and the findings of Jacob Shapiro and Qin Gao: A commentary July 19, 2019 0 Written by Peter M. Foggin. Image Credit: Just Behind My Building by Kyle Taylor/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Recently, China’s official English language newspaper, the…
China Is China Changing? Religious practices in Tibet June 14, 2018 0 Written by Claude Arpi. In October 1950, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Eastern Tibet with the objective of ‘liberating’ the region. The Tibetans, who…
China Urban poverty and China’s globalism: what’s the relationship? April 23, 2018 1 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. China’s Party chief and President, Xi Jinping, has boastfully publicized his regime’s firm intention to eliminate poverty by the year…
China The dangers of being a bridesmaid in China mean some brides now hire professionals February 2, 2018 0 Written by Yang Hu. Concern over traditional wedding practices in China being pushed too far has reached new heights following the death of a bridesmaid in Wenchang,…
China Xi Jinping: Where Does the Power Come From? October 13, 2016 2 Written by Kerry Brown. The consensus on the history of the People’s Republic of China after its establishment in 1949 is that the last seven…
China Hukou Reform and China’s Migrant Workers. October 10, 2016 2 Written by Cara Wallis. One distinguishing characteristic of life for Chinese citizens has been China’s long-antiquated hukou, or household registration system, which for decades classified…
China Refuting the racist Chinese narrative September 8, 2016 1 Written by Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong. One of our research areas focuses on the links between China and Africa links. An often-raised issue about…
China Soft Power by Accident? Food for Thought from a Chinese Dating Show March 9, 2016 0 Written by Wanning Sun. If You Are the One (ITATO hereafter, or Feicheng Wurao in Chinese) is a hugely popular dating show from Jiangsu Satellite…
China Creating a civil justice system with Chinese characteristics December 16, 2015 0 Written by Kristie Thomas. Recent amendments to China’s civil procedure law (CPL) have highlighted key tensions in the wider legal system. Detailed analysis of these…
Business Migrant children in China: Identity and Stigma October 16, 2015 0 Written by Mingchao Zhou. Established in the 1950s, the hukou system still controls and regulates the settlement of rural migrants in cities. Children of people…
