China Adapting Chinese youth literature for the screen in the twenty-first century December 20, 2019 0 Image Credit: Chinese lit by Sarah Ross/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Shushu Li. The heyday of Chinese youth literature came between 2005 and…
China Gender imbalance and the marriage squeeze in China November 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: DSCF9536 by Kahirado/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Quanbao Jiang. Since the 1980s, China has experienced an abnormally high sex ratio at birth…
China The Power of Ageing in China: Implications of the End of “One Child” Policy August 4, 2017 0 Written By Jason Powell and Sheying Chen. China is on its way to becoming the top ranked superpower in the world, likely to surpass the…
China Pity China’s ‘bare branches’: unmarried men stuck between tradition and capitalism February 1, 2017 1 Written by Xuan Li. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is a highlight in Chinese society. But for many young people, the joy of…
China Fertility Trends and Population Growth in China May 10, 2016 0 Written by Baochang Gu. During the 1950s and 1960s, China’s total fertility rate (TFR) was at a level of around 5 to 6 children per…
China How China is rolling out the red carpet for couples who have more than one child April 7, 2016 0 Written by Stuart Gietel-Basten. A rather remarkable turnaround has occurred in China. For a country famous for having the most comprehensive sets of policies designed…
China China’s one-child policy helped women make a great leap forward – so what now? November 9, 2015 0 Written by Ye Liu. The Chinese Community Party’s decision to end its infamous one-child policy has significance beyond its impact on the country’s demographics. What…
China Sex in China: History, Debates and Policy Implications November 9, 2015 0 Written by Elaine Jeffreys and Haiqing Yu. A standard explanation for the rise of pre-marital sexuality and homosexuality in China is that young people have been…
China Waiting for the small print on the two-child policy November 3, 2015 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. China’s ageing population and worsening dependency ratio are the driving force behind the decision at last week’s Fifth Plenum of the…
China As China ends the one-child policy, what is its legacy? November 3, 2015 0 Written by Stephanie Gordon. China has announced the end to its infamous one-child policy, the restrictive rule that has limited many families to one child,…
