BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Rural Chinese may get city rights

By: BBC News, November 2, 2005 China says it is considering ending a controversial residency permit system that makes a legal distinction between urban and rural residents. The proposed reform would give migrants to the nation's fast-expanding cities the same health, education and security rights as people born there. DD 11.01.2005

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