A personal look at two migrants in Beijing illustrates the character and strength of many ordinary people who live in difficult situations in a changing China.

Brad Burgess ⋅ ⋅ Dec 04, 2008

Supporting Article

Educational Inequality for Migrant Children Perpetuates Poverty

Even after thirty years of economic reform, the majority of rural migrants in China's cities are still kept out of the formal labor market and professional tracks. Most of them pick up jobs in the informal sector. Such social inequality is likely to be perpetuated given the fact that their second generation is not provided with quality education. In China, education, often considered a way of changing one's life trajectory, now only reproduces social status and reinforces class boundaries.

Mary Li Ma ⋅ ⋅ Dec 04, 2008

Lead Article

The Moving Population of China

China's migrant population presents both challenges and uncertainties.

Christopher Pierce ⋅ ⋅ Nov 24, 2008

View From the Wall

Everyone Is Not Local

Migrant workers make important contributions to China's cities but also pose tremendous challenges. A resident of Beijing explores how migrants fit in the capital and how Beijingers view them.

Jonathan Li ⋅ ⋅ Nov 23, 2008

Supporting Article

China’s Marginalized Internal Migrants

The world of China's "floating population" is vastly different from the world of its city dwellers.

Clarence Chan ⋅ ⋅ Nov 23, 2008

Editorials

The Changing Chinese Family

Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "The Family in China" (ChinaSource Quarterly, 2008 Fall).

Brent Fulton ⋅ ⋅ Oct 11, 2008