This fascinating book recounts the evolution of population control policies applied from the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949 up to the present. The…

The closer we draw to the Mao regime, the clearer it becomes that Mao is the defining figure of China, and that the most defining…

A capitalism without capitalists? This is the paradox that Marie-Claire Bergère invites us to consider in her latest book, and which eventually persuades us. Certainly…

The authorities and the governing elite are not the only agents to have a hand in shaping the emergent institutional and moral order in China….

Adam Chau’s work has resonated widely among English-speaking Sinologists following the publication of his book, Miraculous Responses – Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China. Chau,…

The phrase “watering the neighbour’s garden” refers to wasting valuable resources on something that will not benefit oneself. This book addresses “the rampant demographic masculinisation”…

It is rare that a first work of synthesis on a period close to contemporary history survives the test of historical review that comes with…