The changing face of China : from Mao to mini-skirts and Mercedes
Special China issue
China ; Development ; Modernization ; Social change
A China watcher looks at some of the socioeconomic changes in the post-Mao era : growth of inequality, increase in violence, thievery, prostitution, and sexually transmitted diseases. - (DWG)
Follow the flowers : the itinerant bee-keepers of China
Special China issue
Agricultural product ; Apiculture ; China ; Export ; Social organization
Although bee keeping and honey production are not long traditions in China, many people from four provinces now move with their hives to find honey sources in flowering plants and to pollinate crops. Two thirds of the honey in China is exported
Birth control ; China ; Population ; Population density ; Population distribution ; Population growth
Recent demographic trends, focusing on the government-sponsored birth control campaigns. The A. asserts that only socioeconomic development can effectively curb population growth and improve quality of life in China. - (DWG)
China ; Custom ; International tourism ; Regional disparities ; Tourism ; Tourist site ; Touristic behaviour
Recent tourist trends in China with analysis of the sources (Japan and the USA are the two major markets) and centers (Guangshou, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai received more than 500 000 tourists in 1989), a notable decrease from 1988 before