It made headlines around the world at the beginning of this year when government statisticians announced that more than half of China's 1.35 billion people now live in the cities.
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Answer the following questions:
1 Why don't Hu Zhongping's children have the same access to education as their neighbours in Beijing?
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Premier Wen Jiabao, who is entering his final years as the principal manager of the world's third-largest economy, gave an annual report to the National People's Congress on Friday mostly noted...
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On Monday, 13 mainland newspapers called for the abolition of China's hukou household registration laws, slamming them as inequitable and corrupt.
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