Shanghai Residency Rules: Ban on Overseas Residency Suspended

Shanghai has backtracked on plans to implement a controversial rule that would require Chinese citizens who have settled abroad to renounce their Shanghai residency. On March 13, the Shanghai government announced that it would enforce The Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai U-turn after outcry over revoking residency rights

A finance industry executive who lives in Shanghai with a city hukou, but also has a US green card entitling her to live and work in America, welcomed the authorities’ new stance. “I don’t think revoking our hukou was legally correct in the first place. ( read original story ...)