Retirement Age to Rise; Job Growth Expected to Slow
With China’s pension fund facing mounting pressure as its population continues to...
by Josh Rudolph | Mar 10, 2015
With China’s pension fund facing mounting pressure as its population continues to...
by Cindy | Nov 21, 2014
Despite a lack of organized unions in China, 8,000 teachers in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang organized a...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 16, 2014
Caixin’s Lan Fang describes the predicament of China’s first generation of migrant...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 12, 2013
With an easing of China’s one-child policy in the works, many observers are reflecting on...
by Samuel Wade | Nov 21, 2013
A planned relaxation of the one-child policy has been among the most widely discussed aspects of...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 21, 2013
Harvard lecturer and Brookings fellow Robert C. Pozen is the author of a recent policy paper...
by Scott Greene | Aug 10, 2012
The Economist details the challenges facing China’s pension system, which has grown considerably in the last several years but still must grapple with a number of structural inefficiencies: Unlike individual accounts in...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 11, 2012
A Shaanxi local government has reached a 70,600 yuan settlement with Deng Jiyuan and Feng Jianmei, who were illegally forced to have a late-term abortion when they were unable to pay a similarly illegal 40,000 yuan...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 16, 2011
The Economist notes the potentially disruptive accumulation of former Chinese leaders pulling strings from behind the scenes—and even returning to the stage: When former leaders have kept a hand in things, they have...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 2, 2011
This weekend marks the opening of the annual gathering of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. The New York Times reports that a consensus has not yet emerged about...