Migrants (农民工)

刘丽：做好农民工和政府之间的桥梁 (Liu Li, migrant worker deputy to the NPC, ready to be a bridge between migrant workers and government)
People.cn, February 13, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0213/c1001-26561081.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China: Thousands of air raid shelter residents evicted
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-31359096

Migrants (农民工)

See China’s migrant scrap peddlers eke out a living on booming Beijing’s edge
Time, February 3, 2015
http://time.com/3642959/migrant-scrap-trade-beijing/

Migrants (农民工)

China to expand unemployment benefits to lure migrants to cities
Reuters, January 7, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-china-unemployment-idUSKBN0KG11Z20150107

Migrants (农民工)

Shandong mine workers strike over months of back pay, bonuses
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pay-01052015135604.html

Migrants (农民工)

After suicide, Foxconn worker’s poems strike a chord
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/11/07/after-suicide-foxconn-workers-poems-strike-a-chord/

Migrants (农民工)

The change in China’s hukou policy hasn’t solved the education gap for Beijing’s migrant children
Bloomberg Businessweek, September 10, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-10/china-s-hukou-policy-change-hasn-t-solved-education-gap-for-beijing-s-migrant-children

Migrants (农民工)

Beijing targets 60 villages in effort to improve safety, control migrant population
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/article/1589257/effort-be-launched-reduce-floating-population-60-beijing-villages

Migrants (农民工)

China’s “apartheid” – the Hukou system
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 9, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026c49r

Hukou (户口)

With urbanization as goal, China moves to change registration rules
中国城市化目标终于撼动城乡户籍壁垒
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140731/c31hukou/dual/

Related:
China announces limited hukou reform
The Diplomat, July 31, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/07/china-announces-limited-hukou-reform/

China Focus: Hukou reforms to help 100 mln Chinese
People's Daily, July 30, 2014
english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0730/c90882-8762952.html

For more on hukou, see:
Parallel submission in advance of the review of the People’s Republic of China’s second report on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Human Rights in China, March 2014
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CESCR/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CESCR_CSS_CHN_16730_E.pdf

Hukou (户口)

中国将建城乡统一户口登记制度 取消蓝印户口等 (China to unify urban-rural household registration systems)
China News, July 30, 2014
www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/07-30/6439850.shtml

Related:
China relaxes household registration in bid to urbanise 100 million rural migrants
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1562776/china-relaxes-household-registration-bid-urbanise-100-million

See State Council notice:
国务院关于进一步推进户籍制度改革的意见 (Issues concerned on Advancing the Reform of the Household Registration System)
State Council, July 30, 2014
www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2014-07/30/content_8944.htm

Health (健康)

Measles makes a comeback in China as vaccination falters among migrant workers
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1548296/measles-makes-comeback-china-vaccination-falters-among-migrant-workers

Hukou (户口)

Guangdong to loosen hukou household registration system for millions of migrants
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1519649/guangdong-loosen-hukou-household-registration-system-millions-migrants

北京提高对非京籍儿童进入小学门槛引发家长抗议 (Parents protest tough documentation requirements in elementary school admission for children without Beijing hukou)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/yl-05222014103415.html

Hukou (户口)

北大硕士是怎样变成黑户的？ (How did a Peking University grad student fall into the black hole of the hukou system?)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05142014153240.html

农村户籍放不下背后是城市服务得不到 (Inadequate social services in cities for migrants make rural residents reluctant to give up rural hukou)
Changjiang Net, May 14, 2014
news.cjn.cn/cjsp/rd/201405/t2472262.htm

“禁设户籍门槛”应为规则标配 (New State Council notice exempts larger cities from prohibition of hukou-based discrimination towards university graduates' employment)
China Radio International, May 14, 2014
gb.cri.cn/42071/2014/05/14/882s4540929.htm

Migrants (农民工)

China's young migrant workers earn more, send less home
Bloomberg Businessweek, May 13, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-13/chinas-young-migrant-workers-earn-more-send-less-home

Related:
Real wages for China’s migrant workers stagnate as cost of living escalates
China Labour Bulletin, May 14, 2014
www.clb.org.hk/en/content/real-wages-china’s-migrant-workers-stagnate-cost-living-escalates

Hukou (户口)

省会以下城市招聘禁设户籍门槛 (State Council issues directive prohibiting hukou-based discrimination in employment in provincial capitals and other smaller cities)
China Youth Daily, May 14, 2014
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2014-05/14/content_58164.htm?div=-1

Related:
国务院办公厅关于做好2014年全国普通高等学校毕业生就业创业工作的通知 (State Council General Office's Notice Concerning the Improvement of Work on Employment and Job-Creation for Graduates of Ordinary Universities in 2014)
State Council General Office, May 13, 2014
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2014-05/13/content_8802.htm

Migrants (农民工)

China's young migrants like cities, spend more: survey
Reuters, May 12, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/12/us-china-economy-migrants-idUSKBN0DS0IX20140512

Population (人口)

“单独二孩”让全国年新增200万人 8成集中在城市 (80% of 2 million new births under the new family planning policy expected in cities)
Beijing News, April 17, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/04/17/313360.html

You’re welcome to leave Beijing
News China, April 2014 Issue
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/youre-welcome-to-leave-beijing

Migrants (农民工)

让市场力量决定城镇化进程 (Let market forces decide how fast urbanization should proceed)
Financial Times, April 2, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001055572?full=y

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Double bubble trouble: China’s property prices appear to be falling again
The Economist, March 22, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21599395-chinas-property-prices-appear-be-falling-again-double-bubble-trouble