Background: China's rapid economic transformation is similar in some ways to those that have occurred in other rapidly developing nations. Is the pattern in China the same? Methods: Cross-country macrodata are used to compare class self-identification transition in China with other similar...

This article reviews research on inequality and social stratification in China since the mid-1990s. Going beyond the theoretical framework of the market transition debate, research in the field has been advanced by paying more attention to the roles of the institutions of Chinese state...

With the Chinese economy expected to replace the USA as the world's largest economy by 2050, the drivers of corporate governance in that economy need examination and understanding. This paper examines the interaction between corporate governance and earnings as they affect market performance....

1. Introduction -- 2. Theories and Methodology Applied -- 3. The Case of E Group Corporation – An SOE in Sichuan, post-1949 -- 4. Workers’ Returning to a Proletarian Position in post-1978 -- 5. Nostalgia” and “Protests”: Class Consciousness and Class-for-itself -- 6. Reconstruction of...