Where the last three decades of the 20th century witnessed a China rising on to the global economic stage, the first three decades of the 21st century are almost certain to bring with them the completion of that rise, not only in economic, but also political and geopolitical terms. China’s...

A 'moderately prosperous society' with no Chinese individual left behind - that's the vision for China set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a number of important speeches in 2017. 'Moderate' prosperity may seem like a modest goal for a country with more billionaires (609 at last count)...

This paper focuses on two major elements of China's population dynamics – the rising proportion of workers in the population and the shift of rural workers from agriculture to industry and services – in a provincial-level analysis of per capita income and productivity growth during the last...