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…
Taiwan Pension Reform Made in Taiwan July 28, 2017 0 Written by Gunter Schubert. On June 27th, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed a package of pension reforms which are, arguably, doing away with decades of privileged…
China Why did China extend rural social programmes in the 21st century? April 28, 2017 0 Written by Jane Duckett Since the early 21st century, the Chinese Party-state has significantly extended its rural social provision. From 2002 it abolished agricultural taxes…
Culture and Society China’s New Urban Poverty April 17, 2015 1 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. Beginning in the second half of the 1990s, poverty emerged in Chinese cities as a novelty under the rule of the…
