Meaning of hukou | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
2. A household registration record that identifies a person as a local resident.
   China, Taiwan

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“But now, a new awareness of the issue⟳ is raising questions about the status of women in China, as well as other rights issues like⟳ the hukou, or residency permit⟳, a central tool of population control⟳ passed down from the Maoist era that restricts movement by linking people to the towns of their birth.”

“Taxis arrive⟳ to pick⟳ up passengers cleared to leave⟳ the centralized quarantine facility in Hukou township in Hsinchu county in Northern Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.”

“Police tracked down a 32-year-old wanted man, surnamed Dang (鄧), to a dormitory in Hsinchu County's Hukou Township, reported TVBS.”

“According to the MNA, the Taipei-based 202nd Military Police Command's Quick Response Company will showcase its new Indian Challenger motorcycles at the Sept. 24 opening of the army base⟳ in Hukou Township, Hsinchu County.”

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