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Imagine a city with so much housing demand that there are literal laws about who can and cannot move there for the sake of population control Also, a lot of th
by cgb223 8y ago
Imagine a city with so much housing demand that there are literal laws about who can and cannot move there for the sake of population control
Also, a lot of the people in the bunkers are not supposed to be there in the legal sense above, which is why they end up there.
- sabalaba 8y agoThe Hukou (户口) system that you’re talking about wasn’t established because of demand for housing in Beijing. It’s not really clear why it was established and has origins that date back hundreds of years. It essentially serves as a social control mechanism and to promote people living, and thus laboring, in rural areas. Though it dates back to immigration control between states in “China”. (When they were different sovereign entities.) They’re all migrant workers and are allowed to be in Beijing without Hukou. Hukou Just establishes certain privileges like home ownership and school access. The best way to think about Hukou for Americans is that Hukou is like if California required a Texan or Floridian to get a Visa or become a “California Citizen” before working there, buying a home there, or using public services there.
- onethought 8y agoIt seems Hukou is being used to somewhat control the urbanisation plans CCP have been implementing. They create “Hukou free” regions like Shenzhen for periods of time to cause mass migration and economic growth. But it’s also created this strange “illegal migrant” issue in all the top tier cities (PK, SH, GZ, etc).