China Puncturing the picture of poverty elimination in China July 12, 2019 0 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. Image Credit: Keep in Touch by Gauthier DELECROIX - 郭天/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China’s success in ‘lifting millions out of poverty’…
China Welfare, Work, and Poverty: How Effective is Social Assistance in China? April 27, 2017 0 Written by Qin Gao. China currently has the world’s largest social assistance program, the 'Dibao,' or Minimum Livelihood Guarantee. My new book, Welfare, Work, and…
China Split Households and Migration Policies in China April 26, 2017 0 Written by C. Cindy Fan. The documentary “Last Train Home,” shown in many college classes on China, opens with a husband and a wife stranded…
China Outdated ‘urban passports’ still rule the lives of China’s rural citizens February 2, 2017 0 Written by Andreas Fulda. In recent years, China has gained a global reputation for its juggernaut economy and breathtaking social change. Yet beneath this shining…
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…
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…
China China’s hukou urbanisation October 15, 2015 0 Written by Monika Chansoria. The rising urban-rural divide has become a serious socio-political challenge for the Chinese government. In an attempt to confront this mounting…
Culture and Society Are You Happy? October 10, 2012 0 by Xiaoling Zhang. Before the week-long holiday with the traditional Mid-autumn Festival on the 30th of September and National Day on the 1st of October…
