summary Over the past three decades, China has undergone a historic transformation. Once
illegal, its private business sector now comprises 30 million businesses employing more …

China's cities are home to 10 percent of the world's population today. They display
unprecedented dynamism under the country's surging economic power. Their remarkable …

Migrant housing and mobility patterns are affected by both the unique institutional factors
related to migration and a common set of socio-economic characteristics shared by urban …

China has been growing at over ten per cent annually since 1978, but this has only come to
very widespread notice in the past decade. This received wisdom about China has been …

This article questions predictions about China's democratic potential based on rising
incomes in the private sector. For private entrepreneurs to constitute a democratizing force …

Historical, geo-economic and behavioural perspectives are used in an exploratory analysis
of China's migrant or'floating'population as a factor in the spread of HIV on the mainland …

This article provides a renewed understanding of migrants' citizenship rights in urban China.
Specifically, we look at how migrants fare in attaining homeownership and social benefits, in …

Besides various forms of funding support to the authors in this book, which are
acknowledged in their chapters, the book originated from a UK Economic and Social …

Speaking of workers and peasants, the workers have relatively more culture.... We can't say
the peasants have no culture—intensive farming, the singing of folksongs, and dancing are …

Resettled rural communities are a product of China's rapid urbanisation and associated top-
down planning. For local governments, relocating farmers from natural villages into new …