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Author:

Li, Chunling, 1963 January 25- author.

Title:

China's youth : increasing diversity amid persistent inequality / Li Chunling ; [foreword by John L. Thornton ; introduction by Cheng Li].

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xv, 383 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm

Subject:

Young adults--China--Attitudes.
Generation Y--China--Attitudes.
Youth--Political activity--China.
Young adults--Attitudes.
China.

Other Authors:

Thornton, John L., author of foreword
Li, Cheng, author of introduction

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. China's millennials -- 1. Social transformation and youth studies in China -- 2. Children of the 1980s -- 3. An emerging silent revolution? -- 4. The urban-rural divide -- 5. Educational inequality in the post-1980s generation -- 6. China's millennial NEETs -- 7. A tightening labor market for college graduates -- 8. Housing conditions of employed youth in Beijing -- 9. The reversal of the gender balance in education, and its challenges -- 10. The widening income gap -- 11. Gender inequality in education -- 12. Consumption power and patterns of the Chinese middle class -- 13. Consumption trends and behavioral changes among urban white-collar youth in the era of WeChat -- 14. Group characteristics of China's youth and triggering factors for potential sociopolitical unrest -- 15. Intergenerational differences in national identity -- 16. Today's generation.

Series:

The Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series

ISBN:

9780815739364
0815739362

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1241441313

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)