Southwest China

Question 1

Five provinces in south west China

Answer 1

Chongqing
Guizhou 
Sichuan
Tibet
Yunnan

Question 2

Hukou system

Answer 2

Status system
Mao Zedong
In 1950s and 60s , gov wanted farmers to not move to cities. They created the hukou system, if people with rural hukou moved to an urban area they would be denied certain privileges eg housing education healthcare
Even though China is no longer trying to resist rural to urban migration, the system still persists.

Question 3

Bang bang men

Answer 3

Porter in Chonqing who carries goods around the streets for other people
Migrate from rural areas to urban areas, challenging because of rural hukou,
Cheap rent in a shared flat
Rarely sees family, sends money back though

Question 4

Left behind children

Answer 4

Left behind children’s parents move to cities in search of work, leaving their kids behind
See parents once or twice a year, very far away so cannot afford to come more frequently

Question 5

Tibetan nomads

Answer 5

Tibetan nomads are being forced of land , forced to sell their yaks and livelihoods, by officials, to live in nomad resettlement villages, where they are promised work, but sometimes don’t get it. Because of the generations before them were all nomads, none are qualified to get other jobs than the the infrequent ones handed out by the government.