china, hukou system, left-behind children

The Reality of Left-Behind Children in China

China’s rapid progress over the past few decades has created a very unique problem — that of left-behind children. These are kids who are left in their rural homes by parents who migrate to urban areas for work. As a result, such children are taken care of by their grandparents or other relatives from the ...

Nspirement Staff

A Chinese girl crying.

How Chinese Discriminate Against One Another Based on Region

Regional discrimination in China is a little-discussed topic in the West since the media rarely even covers this subject. Imagine an employer in California bluntly saying to someone from Mississippi that they don’t hire Mississippians. Such incidents of regional discrimination are quite prevalent in China and the government takes little action against such things. Regional ...

Max Lu

Worker from Henan.