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> The Chinese government moves people around by fiat If you'd read the article, you'd know that rather than "moving people around", the CPC has in fact been tr
by sho 11y ago
> The Chinese government moves people around by fiat
If you'd read the article, you'd know that rather than "moving people around", the CPC has in fact been trying to keep people out via a residency permit system. They've failed, as the lure of jobs and lifestyle draws people to the large cities. This article is actually about them reacting to the very real market forces and embracing the influx of people, rather than trying to stop it.
I swear, many commenters on HN haven't updated their knowledge about china for 30 years. "Moves people around by fiat" indeed.
- oska 11y agoChina relocated 1.24 million people for the Three Gorges Dam. [1] Farmers are still routinely moved off their land to make way for urban construction and nearly always miss out on the profits from the rise in value of said land. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Relocation_of_residents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Relocation_of...
- megablast 11y agoI have no idea what the next commenters point is, people are often moved around for big projects. Or do you imagine that they just let people drown when building the hoover damn, or London subway?
- adventured 11y agoLarge numbers of people were not relocated to build the Hoover Damn. Maybe you're not familiar with that region, it was not a population center of any consequence. The US has vastly different laws and practices than China when it comes to forcing people to move. Relocating a million people in this day and age, would simply never happen. Even the correctly maligned practice of using eminent domain for corporate benefit is exceedingly rare (even though it gets a lot of press). In fact, the US has the exact opposite problem - the inability to expand cities like San Francisco because the people won't allow it.