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Beijing at 20 – How the Visionary Platform Works for Women’s Land Rights Today
Twenty years ago, the fourth world conference on women hosted in Beijing broke all the records – more than 47,000
Depriving women farmers of land rights will set back China
This article was first published by the South China Morning Post on November 3, 2014. China is launching what is
Large-Scale Land Acquisition for APP Forest Plantations: Field Finding and Recommendations
The Chinese central government has consistently taken decisive legal and policy measures over the past 35 years to secure, enhance,
Large-Scale Forestland Acquisition in China: Field Findings and Recommended Improvements
In southern China, large-scale land acquisition by multinational companies coupled with local government’s desire for international investment tends to weaken
Balancing Protection for China’s Forests and the Livelihoods of Surrounding Communities
By Yu Gao and Michael Lufkin Amid all the coverage of the Communist Party’s third plenum last November, one important
The High Cost of Migration in China
Over the last three decades, more than 260 million rural residents of China have moved to the cities in one
China’s Policy Reform Plans Could Improve Farmers’ Land Rights
China’s leadership just released a communique summarizing its policy priorities for reform to fix the country’s slowed economic growth. A
A Case for Farmers and Rural Communities’ Right to Compensation Under China’s Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP)
There is a series of strong policy, legal and social reasons to reform the NFPP so that affected farmers and
China’s polluted farmlands carry the seeds of change
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as “A clean start” and on scmp.com. Gao Yu
A Prosperous New Year for China’s Farmers
As more than 200 million people board buses, trains, and planes for lunar New Year celebrations in their ancestral homes
