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> No tax is asked from farmers and kids of farmers are free to get higher pay either by either working as migrants in city or become new middle class through ed
by lettergram 7y ago
> No tax is asked from farmers and kids of farmers are free to get higher pay either by either working as migrants in city or become new middle class through education
Largely because they can't afford education[1], children become migrants. That's largely the group I'm talking about.
Apparently, the current numbers stand at ~300 million migrant workers[2] in 2015 (stats I quoted was from 2008), BUT that's largely due to reclassification of the workers to "urban" as opposed to "migrant" class. Which means they can stay in their residence without a job. That does not mean they can afford things like education. Implying there's likely still closer to that ~700 million number who can't break out of poverty.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_China
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_in_China