Transition and Challenge: China's Population at the Beginning of the 21st Century

With the largest population in the world, China has experienced significant demographic, social, and economic changes in recent decades. Extraordinary demographic changes took place in China in the second half of the twentieth century having wide-ranging consequences. This book, written by a group of leading experts, examines these profound changes in an effort to understand their long term impact and provide an up-to-date account of China's demographic reality. The volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of a wide range of issues such as China's unprecedented family planning program, the impact of falling birth rates coupled with increasing life expectancy, changes in marriage patterns, and increasing rural-urban migration. Anyone who is interested in China and its recent demographic changes will benefit from the rich materials and thorough analysis provided in this book. Contributors to this volume - Isabelle Attane, Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques Judith Banister, Global Demographics, New York Yong Cai, University of Utah, Salt Lake City John Caldwell, The Austrialian National University Xingshan Cao, University of Toronto, Mississauga Wei Chen, People's University of China, Beijing Baochang Gu, People's University of China, Beijing Fei Guo, Macquarie University, Sydney Zhigang Guo, Peking University, Beijing Edward Jow-Ching Tu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology William Lavely, University of Washington, Seattle Zai Liang, State University of New York at Albany Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Kenneth Roberts, Southwestern University, Georgetown Thomas Scharping, Universitat Koln, Germany Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine Xin Yuan, Nankai University, China Guangyu Zhang, Flinders University, Adelaide Weiguo Zhang, University of Toronto, Mississauga Xia Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Zhongwei Zhao, The Australian National University