Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. The Middle-Income Trap -- 2. China's Looming Transition -- 3. The Worst-Case Scenario -- 4. How China Got Here -- 5. A Shaky Foundation -- 6. Invisible Barriers -- 7. Behind Before They Start -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix:...

"Twenty years ago, seemingly everything for sale at American retailers had a "Made In China" sticker on it. Now, things have changed. Every year, forty thousand Chinese factories are shuttering their doors as businesses seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Clothes manufacturing is moving to Bangladesh...

"This work provides a new, comprehensive, and empirically grounded study of household incomes in China that critically examines the long-term rise and recent apparent decline in inequality. It covers incomes and inequality nationwide as well as separately in the urban and rural sectors, with...

Introduction : is rising anger over inequality propelling China toward a "social volcano" -- China's post-socialist transition and rising inequality -- The China national survey on inequality and distributive injustice issues -- What do Chinese citizens see as fair and unfair about current...