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The highlight of that offer: promise of a Beijing resident permit, called a "hukou" in Chinese.
Amid China boom, job search for many grads goes bust Reuters 2011
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The highlight of that offer: promise of a Beijing resident permit, called a "hukou" in Chinese.
Amid China boom, job search for many grads goes bust Reuters 2011
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Without formal residency rights called "hukou" that provide access to public services, migrants have more incentive to hoard for their rainy days, and hence less to consume.
The Poor Man's Consumption Fix for China Yukon Huang 2012
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For decades, China's government has restricted migration through the household-registration system, called hukou or huji.
On the Move 2008
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Obtaining an urban residence permit, called a hukou, is possible only for those with deep pockets or top-notch connections, so struggling migrants live in a gray zone of pay-as-you-go medical care, dingy rented rooms and unregistered schools where the education is middling at best.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW JACOBS 2011
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The highlight of that offer: promise of a Beijing resident permit, called a "hukou" in Chinese.
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Obtaining an urban residence permit, called a hukou, is possible only for those with deep pockets or top-notch connections, so struggling migrants live in a gray zone of pay-as-you-go medical care, dingy rented rooms and unregistered schools where the education is middling at best.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW JACOBS 2011
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The highlight of that offer: promise of a Beijing resident permit, called a "hukou" in Chinese.
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The highlight of that offer: promise of a Beijing resident permit, called a "hukou" in Chinese.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Just about everybody agrees that the creaky Chinese household registration system known as hukou needs to go.
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog Thomas P.M. Barnett 2010
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"This month, it offered 1,824 jobs — each with requisites such as height, age, the location of a person’s “hukou,” or residency permit, and gender." - New York Times Sinosphere
September 28, 2014