Population geographies in China: future directions of travel

This editorial introduction explores some vibrant trajectories of population geography research in China that are central to this virtual special issue of Population, Space and Place entitled Population Geographies in China: Future directions of travel. stressing the important issues of: Specifically, we focus on five key important areas of increasing societal and academic concern in contemporary China: the (re)settlement of older populations; education resource inequalities and student mobilities; employment-population changes and regional development; changing housing and fertility intentions, and; the impacts of gentrification and population displacement. Finally, the major underlying academic contributions of the special issue are emphasised to highlight some possible trajectories for future population geography research in China.