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China: The Social Costs of Urbanisation

Jim Riley

8th January 2014

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A thought-provoking and heart-breaking piece here from The Independent which reports on effective orphanisation of millions of children in China.

The process of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation in China has seen millions of working-age rural Chinese flock to the cities seeking work. The result is that millions of young Chinese are growing up without their parents. More than 61 million children – about one-fifth of the children in China – live in villages without their parents.

One can only wonder what the long-term social implications of China's "left-behind children" will be.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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