It looks like we’re about to see the end of the hukou. A dozen different papers across China had an editorial saying it was time to ditch the social engineering relic that I think played a key part in making the Chinese urban experience what it is. The Party is sending a pretty powerful message that things are about to change (I wonder if this has anything to do with the labor shortages in the cities?). I wrote a paper defending the hukou‘s role in education development in China while studying at Hong Kong University.

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