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

Hukou system: A household registration system in China that regulates population distribution and rural-to-urban migration, affecting access to social services and benefits. Settlement intention ...

the labour migration from the countryside ... even though they formed the backbone of China's industrialisation, along with urbanisation. The hukou system is being phased out, but its effects ...

Women hide their faces as police raid an entertainment venue in Beijing, China suspected of offering ... The political system, of course, is another problem. Because of the hukou residency system, ...

In theory, any of the 13m students who take the annual gaokao entrance exam can qualify to attend university if they achieve ...

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 ...

China’s closed financial system, in which investors are trapped alongside falling valuations, exacerbates the problem. The pressures are most evident at China’s banks, which are among the ...

The term "military-age men" is used to describe migrants from China and Africa but experts say working-age men is a fairer ...

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says Australia’s migration system was “fundamentally broken” under the previous Coalition government. “We’ve had record net migration because you will ...

China’s property crisis is expected to worsen as new home sales plummet and indebted developers struggle to find funds to complete projects. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng traveled to an abandoned ...

China's coal imports and domestic production are expected to rise further in 2025, solidifying coal's role as the backbone of the country's energy system. Coal is still king in China despite the ...