China Forty years and beyond: China’s rapid urbanisation since reform and opening-up March 14, 2019 0 Written by Mingxing Chen. China is experiencing the largest urbanisation process in human history. Since the beginning of reform and opening-up forty years ago, China’s…
Uncategorized The Consequences of Japan’s Shrinking Population January 5, 2018 7 Written by Shiro Armstrong. The population of Japan peaked in 2008 at 128 million. With the fertility rate – births per woman – falling below 1.5…
China Spatial Results of the 2010 Census in Xinjiang March 7, 2016 2 Written by Stanley Toops. In this entry, I profile the spatial pattern of minzu (ethnicity) and population of the 2010 census of Xinjiang. The 2010…
China More men than women in China November 3, 2015 0 Written by Isabelle Attané. The population of China has a characteristic that is shared by very few countries, namely a higher proportion of men than women.…
Culture and Society Identities of Migrant worker: From Nongmin Gong (农民工) to Xin Shimin (新市民) June 18, 2015 0 Written by Wei Wang. People’s identity is very much reflected on and constructed by how they are named by others. Internal migrant workers in China…
Culture and Society China’s market in stolen babies dates back decades March 19, 2015 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. The figures in a recent BBC report on the abduction and selling of babies and children in China are shocking –…
