Shantoumig2.jpg 

 

  

 IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA

more commentaries

east asia forum

 

TEACHING

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

impressions and others

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:  
Department of Geography  
Box 353550  
University of Washington  
Seattle, WA 98195  
Phone: (206) 543-6994 
Fax: (206) 543-3313 
    

 Kam Wing Chan  陳金永
    

   Professor
   Department of Geography 
   University of Washington 
   e-mail: kwchan@uw.edu

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 My recent commentaries:

 

   户籍改革路线图 财新《新世纪》, 2013年第18, 2013-05-13   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”…. Read 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," …

          Read the full text

       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....       Read the full text

 

…..   MORE COMMENTARIES

----------------------------------------------------------

RECENT 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, 32-41页。

 

        

USEFUL resources on China

Household Registration System

Migration Statistics and Trends

Urban Population Statistics

        Urban Population Definitions

        Urban Population Data, 1970-2010

Urban Geography

Largest 10 Cities

Rural and Urban Employment and Unemployment in 2009

  户籍制度

 

  城镇人口统计问题

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Last revised: May 12, 2013