Some 300 million migrant workers in China live as second-class citizens without proper documents. This worker-poet is trying ...

“The hukou system has caused me many problems ... said analysts. While massive migration to China’s cities in recent decades has lifted the country’s headline urbanisation rate to ...

The Hukou System, adopted by China in the 1950s was initially used to limit migration out of the countryside. In an era of rapid migration, the hukou system has continued to determine Chinese ...

By studying the spatial patterns of China’s place attractivity, the study attempts to depict the current migration and urbanization dynamics in China and support sustainable urbanization strategies in ...

China announced ... permits, or "hukou," to 13 million undocumented Chinese citizens who have been living on the margins of society. The WSJ's Menglin Huang explains the hukou system.

China aims to dismantle the hukou system and integrate rural migrants into urban economies, but challenges of infrastructure, resources, and social resistance loom large. Shenzhen is a prime ...

When Xu Zaoxia moved to Shanghai from southern China in the early 2000s to work ... according to official statistics, and often lack hukou residence permits in the cities where they reside ...

Associate Professor Bingqin Li from UNSW let us know why Hukou, i.e. China's Household Registration System has come up in the first place. Independent news and stories connecting you to life in ...

The safety record of China's conventional rail system, by contrast, is atrocious. Until recently, official statistics routinely reported more than 1,000 deaths a year in rail accidents ...