TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence-based research on China
T2 - A historical imperative
AU - Xie, Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
The author thanks Cindy Glovinsky, Jingwei Hu, Qing Lai, and Weixiang Luo for their research assistance. The research is supported by a Changjiang Scholar fund from Peking University and internal grants from the Population Studies Center, the Survey Research Center, and the Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan.
PY - 2011/10/1
Y1 - 2011/10/1
N2 - China has been undergoing a social transformation whose scope, rapidity, and significance in impact are unprecedented in human history. I present evidence pertaining to three most important social changes in China over the last 30-40 years: economic growth, increased educational attainment, and completion of a demographic transition. Many other important social changes have also taken place that merit the attention of social science researchers. Dramatic social changes in China present challenges as well as opportunities to social scientists today. We have a unique opportunity to document and preserve this portion of China's social history. Thus, conducting evidence-based research on China is a historical imperative for present-day social scientists.
AB - China has been undergoing a social transformation whose scope, rapidity, and significance in impact are unprecedented in human history. I present evidence pertaining to three most important social changes in China over the last 30-40 years: economic growth, increased educational attainment, and completion of a demographic transition. Many other important social changes have also taken place that merit the attention of social science researchers. Dramatic social changes in China present challenges as well as opportunities to social scientists today. We have a unique opportunity to document and preserve this portion of China's social history. Thus, conducting evidence-based research on China is a historical imperative for present-day social scientists.
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U2 - 10.2753/CSA2162-0555440103
DO - 10.2753/CSA2162-0555440103
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81255142521
SN - 2162-0555
VL - 44
SP - 14
EP - 25
JO - Chinese Sociological Review
JF - Chinese Sociological Review
IS - 1
ER -