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I've never heard of the village pass restriction. He's probably referring to the hukou system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system http://en.wikipedia.o
by menloparkbum 18y ago
I've never heard of the village pass restriction.
He's probably referring to the hukou system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system
- erlanger 18y agoThanks, I've long wondered about the specific name for the system. That article is a very interesting read, and the comparisons to Apartheid are apt.
- cglee 18y agoI'm well aware of the HuKuo system (most of my extended family live in China). It doesn't restrict movements at all, and you can move to any city you wish for work, vacation, wandering, whatever. It's just a zip code system to track where people live. I don't know the exact process, but you can have your HuKuo changed if you want to move (of course, you have to go through the requisite paperwork). There are a lot of injustices in China to be angry about, but I don't think this is one of them.