Environment
12.13.16

Chinese Consumers Adopt Greener Lifestyle

from chinadialogue

For the last two years, Helen Ni has hosted low-carbon technology workshops for local kids and their parents. The informal gatherings take place at her ground-floor apartment in the Shanghai suburb of Minhang, close to Jiaotong...

Stuck at the Bottom in China

If the Chinese government is serious about fostering a stable and harmonious society, it must address limits on social mobility before it’s too late

Media
04.28.14

A Guide to Social Class in Modern China

Class is a sensitive word in China. Marxist-Leninist rhetoric like “class enemies,” “class conflict,” and “class struggle” are rarely seen in the country’s media these days, but since China began its market reforms in 1979, stratification has...

Media
08.14.13

Don’t Dream Big—Four Vignettes on Social Mobility in Modern China

The New York Times recently ran an article that detailed the...