The place where China began its one-child policy is dying
The place where China began its one-child policy is dying
- March 24, 2015
- Wang Feng, sociology professor, is quoted by Bloomberg Business Mar. 24, 2015
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From Bloomberg Business:
“China will see more places like Rudong very soon,” said Wang Feng, a professor of
sociology at the University of California, Irvine. “It’s a microcosm of the rapid
demographic and economic transformation China has been experiencing the last decades.
There will be more ghost villages and deserted or sleepy towns.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-24/no-country-for-kids-these-towns-show-what-china-will-become-i7nsvv1y.
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