Farmers are turning away from educating their children beyond compulsory schooling, a gap that could lead to a human capital ...

Some urban couples in China are now going for what is often dubbed a "naked marriage," where people get hitched without the man first securing the dowry, car, apartment, or perhaps even a diamond ...

China has worked hard to reduce the number of citizens who live in poverty. The number of people in China who earn less than $1.90 (£1.25) per day, which is the line the World Bank uses to ...

Poverty in China accounts for a major share of world poverty. In 1978, based on the World Bank's definition of extreme poverty as living on $1 a day or less after purchasing-power adjustment, there ...

at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2019. [File, Standard] Few countries can boast of rapid politically-driven socio economic transformation the way China can ...

The government of Lanzhou, Gansu Province, said there are 10,528 cases of brucellosis after a mass test of 68,571 people through Nov. 30 More than 10,000 people in China are reportedly infected ...

A sociologist has suggested that people in China’s rural areas are losing faith in higher education to improve their lives, prompting widespread discussion among academics and the media over the ...

In contrast, millions of poor people in China struggle to meet their needs. The level of income inequality within a country is measured by the Gini index. Its score (the ‘Gini coefficient ...