China's practice of contracting out social services raises two related questions. The first one
seeks to determine “the contractual relationship” between the Chinese government and its …

Taking China as a critical case, this article questions recent literature that asserts that shame
attached to poverty is both ubiquitous and always problematic. In China, the concepts of …

Using two random sampling surveys from Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR, this study
aims to compare the poverty stigma, perceived living standards and subjective well-being of …

This groundbreaking book powerfully humanizes the little-known urban workers who have
been left behind in China's single-minded drive to modernize. Dorothy Solinger traces the …

Now addressing relative not absolute poverty, China must redistribute income from the
middle class to persons experiencing poverty. However, policy rhetoric has recently …

Why does the government apply different policies to diverse social groups? This study
attempts to answer this question by employing a social construction framework and a …

Between 1997 and 2016, China developed a national social assistance system. The
motivations behind its creation were both political and humanitarian, but it helped China …

This paper has analyzed the system of social assistance and its implementation since 2006.
Against the background of the campaign against poverty, the standard of minimum living …

This paper has analyzed the system of social assistance and its implementation since 2006.
Against the background of the campaign against poverty, the standard of minimum living …

Creative work is best understood as a process of getting lost. Scholarly work is a creative
endeavour. And an endeavour requires total attention. On a superficial level, total attention …