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Hirsh on the Apartheid Analogy

Kudos to David Hirsh for publishing an op-ed in South Africa’s Mail and Guardian which drives a stake into the heart of the apartheid analogy.

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China’s Apartheid Analogy

Some scholars and activists are making the case that the “mingong” - migrant workers who gravitate to the wealthy cities from poor inland provinces - are subjected to a form of apartheid in the People’s Republic of China enabled by the hukou system.

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