Across China, many women with rural hukou are systematically denied lucrative village land rights. Village assemblies, ostensibly autonomous local political organizations, decide who is a member of the rural collective and thus...
In early December, President Xi Jinping declared that China had eliminated absolute poverty. His announcement was the culmination of a years-long campaign that sought to raise the annual income of every person in China’s...
Bloomberg’s Sharon Chen and Dandan Li provide an overview of recent changes to China’s hukou residency permit system, which for decades has tightly controlled citizens’ rights to settle and receive public...
The following essay by Peking University senior Yue Xin shares her observations of social...
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The hukou, or household registration, system has long divided China’s urban and rural...
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In July, central authorities gave the green light to Uber-like online ride-sharing services as...
Following up on the central government’s earlier promises to reform the controversial hukou...
China’s State Council has unveiled a series of proposals aiming to protect the estimated 61...
The State Council has released new guidelines directing local governments to allow migrants from...
Following the CCP Central Committee’s fifth plenary session this week in Beijing, central...
According to official statistics, China’s unemployment rate has remained at an exceptionally...
The deaths—by suicide, violent attack, or apparent accident—of children in rural areas have...
Jeremy Wallace is assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University and the author...
China’s urban population has grown faster than any other country’s and is currently...
As a new school year begins, China’s education gap remains sizable despite recent reform...
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, cartoonist zwxrl illustrates a story he likes to tell his friends. In...
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