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China is quickly transitioning from a rural country to an urban one. Since 2012 the urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time, rising from as low as 20 % in the early 1990s.
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United Nations, World Urbanizations Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unup/).
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Fang, C. (2010). Demographic transition, demographic dividend, and Lewis turning point in China. China Economic Journal, 3(2), 107–119.
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Randau, H.R., Medinskaya, O. (2015). Urbanization: A Transforming Country. In: China Business 2.0. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07677-5_18
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