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Kam Wing Chan 陳金永 Professor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My recent commentaries: 户籍改革路线图 财新《新世纪》,
2013年第18期, 2013-05-13 从2015年开始， 所有大中小城镇，首先向外地大学毕业生开放，然后向有熟练技术又有稳定就业的农民工开放，再逐步有序地向其他农民工开放.... 阅读全文 Cities of Dreams South China Morning Post,
January 19, 2013 Dreams
are in vogue in mainland China. During a widely publicised
tour of Shenzhen, the new head of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping,
called for the realisation of the “Chinese dream”….
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more
Related Link: 圆“城市梦”须改革户籍制度,参考消息, 2013-1-21 Not Quite There Yet July 1, 2012 (with
Dorothy Solinger) Chasing China’s middle class
shoppers has been American business’ “China dream” for decades. In a recent Wall Street Journal article titled
“Chasing China’s Shoppers” (June 15, 2012, B1), the authors attributed the
lack of success of some American businesses in China to their misjudgment of
its middle-class shoppers' preferences. … .. Read more Path to Riches is Paved through Cities China Daily, May 25, 2012.
Last year marked a milestone in China’s
several-thousand-year history: for the first time, more people lived in
cities and towns than in the countryside. The country’s 690 million urban
dwellers now account for 51.3 percent of China’s total population of 1.35
billion. China’s recent urban transition is definitely a historic event of
global importance. … . Read
the full article. Related links: 中文译文: 迈向富裕的城市化道路 Can China’s Urbanisation Save the World? Conversation, June 1, 2012. Apple’s Secret
The Ave, January 23,
2012 Apple, despite its innovative
greatness, has a reputation for secrecy. “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work” (The New York Times, January 22) puts
some of its secrets, perhaps dirty ones, out in the open. In addition to low
costs (to Apple), “the speed and flexibility (of Chinese labor) is breathtaking,” …..
Read the full text F(r)ee
Country The Ave, January
15, 2012 As
a lifelong foreign student of English I’ve been intrigued, if at times
confused, by the magical power of certain words to conceal as well as to
reveal. For example, after twenty years in this free country, I have finally
come to learn about the real meanings …
Read the full text The Limp
in China’s Great Leap The Seattle Times,
December 6, 2011. With the U.S. economy in the doldrums and
Europe's ongoing debt crisis continuing its downward spiral, analysts are
left to wonder if China might be the savior of the global economy or, rather,
whether the country is simply a multitrillion bubble about to burst… Read the full text 美國夢、中國夢，仍然遙遠 星島日報（美西版）2011-11-30 剛下筆開始寫這篇文章時，在紐約的兒子就傳來電郵，說警察已在清晨時份強制清走在曼哈頓祖科蒂公園的帳篷。有人說，一個人沒有夢，生命也就死了。一個沒有夢的社會，是一個死的社會。... 阅读全文 Urbanization in China:
Growth Driver or Urban Legend? G+
Forum, webcast,
October 4, 2011. In the City, but Not of the City: the
Myth of China’s Urbanization China-US Focus, July 16, 2011.
In the popular media and the business world,
urbanization is often the most cited fundamental driver of global economic
growth, especially for the next few decades. The assumption is that such a
rural-urban shift will transform poor farmers into industrial and office
workers, raise their incomes and create a mass consumer class.... Read
the full text Related links: Bright Lights,
Big Questions About China's Urban
Legend, Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2011.
（中文译文: 中国式城市化的发展症结）
Urban Myth, South China Morning
Post, August 24, 2011.
Plight of the
Rat Pack, The Straits Times, September 10,
2011 Mothers Who Understand the Importance
of Education, The Ave, May 7, 2011. Many mothers understand the importance of
education. Some pushy ones, like the “tiger mom” who has ignited a
firestorm of debate about parenting, have given mom a bad name. Many
others, gentler and far less known, in my opinion, are equally powerful and
decidedly smarter,…… Read the full text China’s High-Speed Trains: Too Fast, Too Furious, China-US Focus, March 28, 2011. This year China endured its
grueling 40-day annual chunyun – the epic “spring
movement” of an estimated 120 million people traveling long distances home
and back during the Lunar New Year interlude. This took place right after
China entered its glittering bullet-train age last year… Read
the full text
Related link: Fast and
Furious, China Economic Review, September
2011, pp.12-13. China
is Not ‘Eating Our Lunch’, The
Seattle Times, January 3, 2011. The lackluster performance of our
15-year-olds in math, science and reading in a standardized test compared
with Shanghai's students scoring first in all three subjects, have stirred
some interesting and somewhat self-deprecating comments. President Obama
declared it a "Sputnik moment," … 中国要走正常城镇化道路 财新网 (2010-12-8) 城镇化将成为中国经济下一轮的新增长点，但如何结合发展战略，具体走什么样的城镇化的路，是目前急需要探讨的问题.. 阅读全文 户籍改革如何在渐进中突破 南方报网 (2010-03-10 ) 在金融危机后的中国，
户口改革又成为热烘烘讨论的话题。温总理最近讲了几次关于开放中小城市的户籍，要解决好民工的新生代的就业和生活问题，要利用城市化推动内需。户籍改革已经谈了十几年… 阅读全文 Making Real Hukou Reform, East Asia Forum, March 3, 2010 Yes
it’s true – hukou (household registration) reform is again back in
vogue in China’s ‘post-crisis’ conversations. Premier Wen
Jiabao has been talking.... Read the
full text The Problem with China’s Population
Data, ft.com Dragonbeat, July 14,
2009. How big are Chinese cities? That depends on
how you measure them. Back in 2005, Time magazine proclaimed that
Chongqing had become “the largest city not only in China but in the world”,
with a population in excess of 30m....
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AND FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Chan, Kam Wing, 2013. “China, Internal Migration,” in Immanuel
Ness and Peter Bellwood (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Global Migration,
Blackwell Publishing. Chan, Kam Wing, 2012. “Migration and
Development in China: Trends, Geography and Current Issues,” Migration and
Development, Vol.1, No.2, pp.187-205 Chan, Kam Wing, 2012. “Crossing the 50 Percent Population
Rubicon: Can China Urbanize to Prosperity?” Eurasian Geography and
Economics, Vo1.53, No.1, pp.63-86. Related links: China’s
Urbanization Unlikely to Lead to Fast Growth of Middle Class: UW Geographer, UW Today, February 29, 2012 China's
Imaginary Middle Class, The Wilson
Quarterly, December 2012, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars. Chan, Kam Wing, 2012. “Internal Labor Migration in China:
Trends, Geography and Policies” in United Nations Population Division, Population
Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development: An
International Perspective, New York: United Nations, pp.81-102. Chan, Kam Wing and Alana Boland, 2012. "Cities of East
Asia," in Stanley Brunn, Maureen
Hays-Mitchell, Donald Zeigler (eds.), Cities of the World: World Regional
Urban Development,5th ed, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, pp.470-521 陈金永, 2011.“中国户籍制度和农民工,”《神州交流》, 第八卷,
第一期, 第32-41页。 USEFUL resources on China Migration Statistics and
Trends Urban
Population Statistics Urban Population Data,
1970-2010 Rural and Urban Employment and
Unemployment in 2009
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