China’s New 21st-Century Realities: Social Equity in a Time of Change examines the new social justice realities in China. Contributors also take on race and ethnicity as a means to understanding that China, like many nations in the world, is becoming increasingly diverse in many areas including religion and gender roles.

Contents: Junfang Wang/Kristen Norman-Major: China’s Glass Ceiling: The Exclusion of Women From High-Level Politics – Wai-Kwok Benson Wong: Discrimination Against the Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong’s Defense of Local Identity – Junfang Wang: Narrowing the Gap: Urban-Rural Inequalities in Healthcare Utilization in China – Jeanne Powell: Rise of Uyghur Ethnic Tensions in China – Ting Zhang/Lorenda A. Naylor: Missing Women of China: The Persistence of Gender Inequity in China – Sheila Fay Waters: China’s History of Brutal Response to Drug Addiction and Trafficking – Lemuel W. Watson: Finding a Place to Belong: China’s Rural Bachelors – Honglian «Kathy» Yang and Kristen Norman-Major: The China Dream Versus the American Dream: How Cultural Difference Shapes the Public Agenda – Efleda Tolentino/Zhenting Wu: Climbing a Slippery Social Ladder: Prevailing Perspectives of Chinese Students About Gaokao.