China's Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey

This manual provides an overview of China's administrative geography, history, and populations of all 31 provinces, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It focuses primarily on how the provinces came to be, how they were named, as well as their people and populations throughout history. In addition to extensive use of bilingual names (Chinese-English) for specificity, this resource is unique in the datasets contained therein: (1) Up-to-date residential populations of mainland China using the latest decennial (2020) census, and (2) political-administrative registered household (hukou) data based on official numbers provided by People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Public Security showing trends from 2012-2020. Each internally consistent, but differing in their methodologies, whereby the Census (decennial) data provide a snapshot of how many people live in a given location, and the permanent (hukou) registered household data track each individual based on their hometown, household, urban/rural status, and nationality. This book addresses this chasm which, among other issues, points to the phenomenon of China's "floating populations", where millions of Chinese spend much if not all of their time living, working, and studying outside their home provinces. By showing how the Chinese have been populated and their organization throughout history, this manual is the go to place for professionals, practitioners and academics working and interested in China's provinces and populations

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to China's Provinces and Populations: A Chronological Survey -- Introduction: China's Provinces and Populations -- Prehistory -- Peiligang Culture ( 李崗文化 péilĭgāng wénhuà) -- Yangshao Culture (仰 文化 yǎngsháo wénhuà) -- Hongshan Culture (紅山文化 hóngshān wénhuà) -- Dawenkou Culture (大汶口文化 dàwènkǒu wénhuà) -- Longshan Culture ( 山文化 lóngshān wénhuà) -- Liangzhu Culture ( 渚文化 liángzhǔ wénhuà) ca. 3300-2100 BCE -- Majiayao Culture ( 家窯文化 măjīayáo wénhuà) -- Qijia Culture ( 家文化 qíjiā wénhuà) -- Erlitou Culture (二 文化 erlǐtóu wénhuà) -- Erligang Culture (二 岡文化 èrlĭgǎng wénhuà) -- Estimating Ancient Chinese Populations -- The Xia Dynasty: Yao, Shun and Yu (堯 Yáo, Shùn, 禹 Yŭ) -- Counting People in Ancient China -- China's First Unification and Political Administration -- Census: Donghai Prefecture, Western Han Dynasty (ca. 2 CE) -- Importance of the Census for the Ancient Chinese State(s) -- Data Collection in Dunhuang, 416 CE -- Sui (581 CE) and Tang (618 CE) Dynastic Transition -- Ming Dynastic Surveys -- Downward Pressures on Ancient Chinese Populations -- Song Dynasty Populations -- Populations in the Age of the Mongols -- Urbanization During the Ming, and Increase of Population During the Qing -- Deaths Caused by the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) -- China's Civil War Dead (1945-1949) -- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) -- Life Expectancy: Ancient and Modern -- Chinese Life Expectancy in the Twenty-First Century -- China's One-Child Policy -- China's Male Dominated Society 4.1 -- Women in Positions of Political Power -- From Peasants to Urbanites -- China's Household Registration System (Hukou) -- Population Data: Permanent Hukou (Household Registered) Residents -- The Household Registry (Hukou) System: Background -- Chinese Populations from Ancient Times Until Today.

This manual provides an overview of China's administrative geography, history, and populations of all 31 provinces, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It focuses primarily on how the provinces came to be, how they were named, as well as their people and populations throughout history. In addition to extensive use of bilingual names (Chinese-English) for specificity, this resource is unique in the datasets contained therein: (1) Up-to-date residential populations of mainland China using the latest decennial (2020) census, and (2) political-administrative registered household (hukou) data based on official numbers provided by People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Public Security showing trends from 2012-2020. Each internally consistent, but differing in their methodologies, whereby the Census (decennial) data provide a snapshot of how many people live in a given location, and the permanent (hukou) registered household data track each individual based on their hometown, household, urban/rural status, and nationality. This book addresses this chasm which, among other issues, points to the phenomenon of China's "floating populations", where millions of Chinese spend much if not all of their time living, working, and studying outside their home provinces. By showing how the Chinese have been populated and their organization throughout history, this manual is the go to place for professionals, practitioners and academics working and interested in China's provinces and populations