Yong Cai received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2005. His research interests include Social Demography, Sociology of Health, Chinese Society, Comparative Historical Sociology, and Research Methodology.
China has 56 officially recognized ethnic groups with Han as the predominant majority. The population of ethnic minorities in China has been growing rapidly over the past three decades. It increased from 67 million in 1982 to 114 million in 2010, or from 6.7% to 8.5% of the national total. In this presentation, I examine the factors behind China’s ethnic population distribution, including the roles of birth planning policy, ethnic identity assignment, interethnic marriage, and population migration. I conclude with a discussion on the social and political implications of the demographic as well as geographic changes in China’s ethnic population.
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Public Talk - Chapell Hill, NC