According to this article, China is starting to experiment with reforms of the hukou system. “China to Eliminate Urban-Rural Division”, screams the headline. That seems pretty unequivocal. Unfortunately, the article isn’t quite so earth-shattering. Some of China’s provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions have begun trial reforms. Still, it’s a step in the right direction.
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wangbo
A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.