Population Issues: The Chinese
Foreword: The People Behind the Numbers
by Eric Sautedé
Demographic Transition in China and Its Major Consequences
by Zhao Zhongwei & Chen Wei
Despite the criticism that can be leveled against its family planning policies, China has gone through a remarkable demographic transition in the second half of the twentieth century. Two demographers reflect on the achievements and unveil the challenges ahead.
The Growing Imbalance Between Boys and Girls in China: Issues and Prospects
by Isabelle Attané
Twenty-five years of the one-child policy coupled to a “traditional” preference for sons has led to a great imbalance between young men and women in 21st century China.
Uxorilocal Marriage in Contemporary Rural China
by Li Shuzhuo & Jin Xiaoyi
Social institutions have had to adapt to Family planning and not only in urban areas. Two demographers examine a growing trend in rural China where the groom is increasingly settling with his wife’s family after marriage.
The Marginalisation of Migrant Workers in China
by Cai Fang & Wang Meiyan
Migrant workers are still only marginally benefiting from China’s present economic development. The first step towards remedying this sorry state of affairs would be to relax or even disband the rigid residence registration system.
Healthy Ageing in China—A Summary Report of the Conference on ‘Chinese Healthy Ageing and Socioeconomics’: International Perspectives
by Gu Danan
The ultimate stage of a demographic transition is the accelerated ageing of the population: how will China cope now that the number of its elderly has reached 93 million?
Features
Towards the Decline of Family Solidarity? After the Heatwave, Reflections on the Myth of Abandoned Old Age
by Vincent Gourdon
Modernity is said to erode the strength of the bond between generations. A historian of the family takes a closer look at the heat wave that is said to have claimed the life of 15,000 elderly people in France during the Summer 2003, and shows that Modernity is certainly not the main culprit.
Book Reviews
Chen Guidi & Chun Tao, A Survey of Chinese Peasants by Wen Yi
Zhou Changcheng et al., Quality of Life in China and Ru Xin et al. eds., Blue Book of China's Society by Eva Hung
Lu Xueyi ed., Social Mobility in Contemporary China by Alfred Chan
Anne Behnke Kinney, Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China by Yves Camus
Vanessa L. Fong, Only Hope by Eric Sautedé
Kay Ann Johnson, Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son by Dominique Tyl |
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