Find out what life is really like after moving to rural China—unexpected challenges, new experiences, and unforgettable ...

Chinese urban consumption has slowed rapidly, but rural consumers are doing well. That explains some of the media Sturm und Drang around Chinese consumers, but also hints at potential problems ahead.

In China the urban-rural gap is codified through the hukou system of household registration. Some 60% of the population are urban, but only 44% hold an urban hukou .

EdTech companies are starting to address the urban-rural disparity in educational opportunities prevalent throughout China. By Layne Vandenberg December 01, 2020 ...

And rural influencers serve slices of a life many thought lost to China’s breakneck development. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural influencers carve out a unique niche in China’s ...

It is also a convenient way for young Chinese urbanites to indulge in a yearning for a less stressful, vibrant rural life amid the narrowing gap in living standards between urban and rural areas.

Unlike her competitors on the more rough-and-tumble streaming platform Kuaishou, Li and similar rural lifestyle vloggers like “Little Bro in Western Yunnan” offer their viewers a highly idealized, ...

Inspired by Chinese vlogger and influencer Li Ziqi, whose videos about life in rural China have earned her 18 million subscribers on YouTube, Liu now uploads weekly vlogs of his days in the mountains.

Editor’s note: This story has been translated into Chinese.. A new comprehensive study of children’s well-being in China reveals glaring disparities in education, economic conditions and emotional ...

In China, the distinction between citizens with rural or urban hukou is increasingly seen as arbitrary. In 2008, some Chinese citizens called on the CCP to abolish the system in its entirety.