China The Health of the ‘Left-behind Parents’ October 13, 2015 0 Written by Zhong ZHAO. Statistics in 2012 showed that 194 million Chinese were 60 years old and over, accounting for 14.3% of the total Chinese population. Of…
China Self-employment Activity and Ascension to Urban Citizenship for Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China October 12, 2015 1 Written by Guangjie Ning. By 2013, the total number of rural migrant workers reached 160 million (National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), 2014). However,…
China Uncertain Encounters: African Migrant Entrepreneurs and Chinese Manufacturers October 7, 2015 0 Written by Nellie Chu. In Guangzhou the arrival of transnational migrant entrepreneurs from countries across Africa has captured the attention of a growing number of…
China China’s migrant worker crisis and the children who are left behind July 16, 2015 1 Written by Samantha Hoffman. China was recently rocked by the suicides of four siblings, aged five to 13, in Cizhu Village, Bijie city, Guizhou province.…
Culture and Society The US and China Compete for Immigrants November 29, 2013 0 Written by Isaac Medina. Are the US and China vying for the same international demographic? According to New York University’s Melissa Lefkowitz, the Chinese government…