Introduction -- China's recent demographic history -- Controlling fertility through birth planning policies -- Mobility and its control -- Public health, morbidity and mortality -- Gender and population dynamics -- Demographic changes and the family -- Conclusion: a look into the future

Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their...

"As the most populous country in the world, China's demographic challenges have always been too many people for ecological system, resources, and the environment. However, by the early 1990s, fertility rate in China had dropped below the replacement level, and China's low fertility has now...

1. The Chinese population at a historic turning point -- 2. Socioeconomic development as a determinant of demographic transitions -- 3. Socioeconomic impacts of demographic transition -- 4. A steady approach to adjusting the family planning policy -- 5. Investing in health -- 6. Improving...