China is a country in great transformation. Over the last three decades the highly remarkable economic performance of … the once low-income and inward-looking state of China has attracted increasing interest from academics and policymakers …. China's astounding transformation is reflected not only in her economy, but also in her social changes in the past few …

This article reviews research on inequality and social stratification in China since the mid-1990s. Going beyond the … to identify the wider implications of empirical findings from China for comparative research on inequality and social …