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Hukou System
![Hukous: Being Illegal in One’s Own Country Hukous: Being Illegal in One’s Own Country](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-917510187_c5bf5729fe_o.jpg)
Hukous: Being Illegal in One’s Own Country
By Bonnie Girard
China’s hukou system is getting worse, not better.
![A Train Ride Away: Long-Distance Parenting in China A Train Ride Away: Long-Distance Parenting in China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_552509449412.jpg)
A Train Ride Away: Long-Distance Parenting in China
By Miranda Zuo
The forces that drive parents to separate from their children, even temporarily.
![Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17332285316446.jpg)
Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization
By John Pabon
Beijing's attempts to push out migrant workers will have economic consequences.
![Guangzhou Rental Reforms: A Step in the Right Direction for China’s Real Estate Market Guangzhou Rental Reforms: A Step in the Right Direction for China’s Real Estate Market](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-guangzhou_6344321124.jpg)
Guangzhou Rental Reforms: A Step in the Right Direction for China’s Real Estate Market
By Spencer Sheehan
The new policies have limited scope for tenants and much more needs to be done.
![Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration' Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-chinasgreatmigration_1800x2700.jpg)
Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration'
By Shannon Tiezzi
An interview with Bradley M. Gardner about China's rural-to-urban migration.
![China's Hukou Restrictions Now Apply to Graveyards China's Hukou Restrictions Now Apply to Graveyards](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-31_17-40-05.jpg)
China's Hukou Restrictions Now Apply to Graveyards
By Cal Wong
Suzhou has become the first Chinese city to ban the purchase of grave sites by people without a local residency permit.
![China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-02_19-55-58.jpg)
China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform
By Shannon Tiezzi
China wants to grant hukous to 100 million migrants by 2020, but will be slow and selective in its reform.
![China Wants Hukous for Its 13 Million Unregistered Citizens China Wants Hukous for Its 13 Million Unregistered Citizens](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-09_21-01-36.jpg)
China Wants Hukous for Its 13 Million Unregistered Citizens
By Shannon Tiezzi
Top Chinese leadership demanded an initiative to grant hukous to China's unofficial citizens.
![Reforming China’s Migration Barriers Reforming China’s Migration Barriers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-16_12-11-37.jpg)
Reforming China’s Migration Barriers
By Gaurav Daga
If the hukou system reform is to be meaningful, it will have to be delinked from welfare benefits.
![The Gaokao Exam: A Tough Test for China The Gaokao Exam: A Tough Test for China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-28_21-39-23.jpg)
The Gaokao Exam: A Tough Test for China
By Shannon Tiezzi
Debates over the grueling pre-college exam highlight fundamental issues facing Chinese society.
![China's New Urbanization Plan China's New Urbanization Plan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-16_16-58-01.jpg)
China's New Urbanization Plan
By Shannon Tiezzi
A major conference on urbanization in China prioritizes hukou reform over construction and relocation projects.
![China’s Housing Crunch Takes to the Rooftops China’s Housing Crunch Takes to the Rooftops](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/RTX12WTW.jpg)
China’s Housing Crunch Takes to the Rooftops
Hitherto illegal – and often bizarre – rooftop construction could be at least a partial solution to China’s urban housing crunch.
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