Talk:Hukou

message: This article contradicts itself. Take the following sentence:
"Although an individual is technically required to live in the area designated on his/her permit, in practice the system has largely broken down. After the Chinese economic reforms, it became possible for some to unofficially migrate and get a job without a valid permit. Economic reforms also created pressures to encourage migration from the interior to the coast. It also provided incentives for officials not to enforce regulations on migration."
The very next sentence reads:
"Technology has made it easier to enforce the Hukou system as now the police force has a national database of official Hukou registrations. This was made possible by computerisation in the 1990s, as well as greater co-operation between the different regional police authorities."
Even though the wording of the sentence only speaks of the possibility to enforce the system, mentioning this at least strongly implies that the system is in fact enforced in the manner described. This is in contradiction to the previous sentence, which says that the system still exists on paper but is not generally enforced any more. Could somebody with knowledge of the matter please clarify? SchnitteUK (talk) 18:40, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Self-contradictory

message: Assuming that it's still around, it appears that the section Allegations of Chinese apartheid#Treatment of rural workers, largely criticisms of the Hukou policy, could be merged here. Criticisms should not normally be shuffled off into separate articles. Angus McLellan  (Talk) 13:51, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe not normally but Allegations of Apartheid sphere of articles is exactly that. Unless apartheid is a word to avoid outside the realm of south africa, it should stay there IMO. Amoruso 17:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Amoruso.  I oppose this proposed merge, as I believe it should not be discussed or decided in isolation. A precedent was set on Wikipedia to refer to "apartheid" in the title of an article about one country that had been accused of "apartheid."  That was an unfortunate precedent, but until it is changed, consistency demands that "allegations of apartheid" be treated the same for different countries.  Amoruso also refers to the issue of "words to avoid", and there is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Words_to_avoid#Apartheid of a proposal (which I support) that articles other than those about South Africa should not have "apartheid" in their titles.  6SJ7 18:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree Irrespective of whether the word "apartheid" may validly appear in another article or not, parts of the deleted article are of great relevance here. I am working on integrating these in my userspace, and will post when I have it in a presentable state. I have a sneaking suspicion that if the DRV is endorsed, the battle will spill over to this article ;-)Ohconfucius 04:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Much of the content of that article was in fact about Hukou, not about the allegations.  In fact, probably well more than 50% of that article was actually about Hukou.  How much, if any, can be usefully integrated here is an interesting question.  The right answer may be very little, but I don't think it is none.  GRBerry 17:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge from Allegations of Chinese apartheid

message: I have carefully worked on merging the relevant section of the 'apartheid' article in my userspace, and then transferred it in 4 macro steps. 
I felt that the breach of WP:SYS needed to be dealt with instead of just lazily C&P. WP:COPYVIO was certainly relevant in the merge, as many of the sentences cited from the 'apartheid' article were directly lazily and unashamedly copied word for word from said footnotes. The article also violated WP:PSTS, and thus the heavy reliance on the number of primary sources has been reduced to a minimum. As there was already quite a bit of information in the BBC and Independent articles, I was able to cite the same facts as per the primary sources, reducing reliance on these. I also felt that referencing the word "apartheid" with n different and unique citations when those references (and info therein) could have served more widely to populate the article was tantamount to point-pushing, so these have been properly refocussed. Ohconfucius 03:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Working comments on merge Aug 7, 2007

message: Do not leave your comments here.  Please leave your comments at Talk:Family register.  Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 05:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 

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message: Hello! As part of a class assignment, I am considering editing this article. My edits would potentially include expanding the article to provide a more extensive description of the history, evolution, implementation, and reform of the hukou system. I am also particularly interested in the system's consequences in regards to inequalities in health, education, and income. A more comprehensive description of my plans is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:6ibberish 6ibberish (talk) 05:49, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Update: My intended changes can now be found in my user sandbox. Essentially, I am planning to edit the section focusing upon the hukou system in mainland China, providing a more comprehensive description of its evolution since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and expanding upon the information provided about its function, rationale, role in inequality, and various efforts to reform the system. 6ibberish (talk) 18:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: I've edited the opening paragraph of the section "Household registration in the Chinese mainland" so as to include a broader introduction to the overall hukou system. In the future, I will be adding more information and revamping this section. 6ibberish (talk) 01:26, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Potential Future Edits

message: 6ibberish's contributions are a great addition to this article.  I think that the article does a very good job of presenting various viewpoints and remaining neutral.  The lead is informative and reflective of the remaining article.  I think the "Household Registration system in Mainland china" is quite long, and you could consider promoting its 4 sub sections to a heading of their own.  Especially because the Hukou system in Taiwan does not have nearly the same level of completeness as mainland china.  I also think more links and pictures would help to make the article more interactive with the reader.  Overall, great work! Thank you for your contributions to wikipedia!
Dnelson 14 (talk) 22:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Editor Review 

message: I recently read this article and would like to provide some feedback!
6ibberish has made a lot of great progress on this page. This editor has really filled out the content of this article and made it more comprehensive. I really appreciate the neutrality of this article. 
The only changes I would make would be to add more links and pictures. While you could add more information, I feel like there is already a lot going on so it isn't necessary.
Good luck with continued editing to this page!
RiceStudent (talk) 04:50, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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