A timely and thorough analysis of the rapid urban growth in China.

The on-going transition to a market economy in China is having a profound effect on health services. As a result, the government has made health one of the key

Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends

This wide-ranging collection of essays by leading sociologists on the new consumerism of post-economic-reform China is an important contribution to our understa

By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people - one in every eight people on earth. What kind of lives will China's urban billion lead? And what will