While some workers in China attain senior professional level and senior cadre level status (Chuzhang and above), others … and western China for 1995 and 2002. For 2002, persons of high rank make up 3 percent and persons of middle rank make up …

Poverty among ethnic minorities and the majority in rural China for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 is investigated … proportion among the ethnic majority was only about half as high. Still, by far most of the poor in rural China belong to the … ethnic majority. The relatively high poverty rates for ethnic minorities in rural China are found to be due to higher rates …

China is now the world's second largest economy, and it is expected to overtake the United States to become the largest … by 2020. What are the implications for the global environment and climate change if China surpasses the United States …? There are major concerns with China's rapid rise because its economic and industrial structure is increasingly dependent on …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

As China has rapidly emerged as one of the world’s largest investors abroad, there has been a hectic debate in the … whether this is the case. The study uses a panel dataset covering 155 countries, including 33 in the OECD, where China had … invested during 2003-09. This is by far the most comprehensive dataset of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). A …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth. It compares the … extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The results show that …

in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and … researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys — one rural and one urban …