As China continues to assert its dominance within Asia, a variety of social issues – some new and some longstanding – have attracted international attention. 

Key issues include:

• Protest movements in China and Hong Kong
• Poverty and welfare
• Rural-urban inequalities and internal migration
• Demographic challenges
• Agrarian development

Recent activities:

• Chancellor's Professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom publishes his new book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink. Watch an interview with Professor Wasserstrom and Long Institute director Emily Baum here.
• Professor Emerita Dorothy Solinger gives a talk on her new edited volume, Polarized Cities: Portraits of Rich and Poor in Urban China.