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In reforming its hukou system, is China also creating a labor shortage for its biggest cities?
"China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront the problem of an aging population," writes Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the UW. -
China could give 100 million people new identities in a bid to save its economy
Chinese officials are set to discuss ways to stimulate the country's sputtering housing market. Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the UW, is quoted.
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China moves to normalize the status of millions of people on margins
China said it would normalize the status of millions of people who had lived on the margins of society. Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at UW, is quoted.
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Chinese parents go to court seeking to register 2nd children
Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter is legally unregistered because her parents broke China's one-child policy in having her. Kam Wing Chan, a geography professor, is quoted.
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Did you just say ‘The’ Puget Sound?
The evolution of place's names in the Seattle area. Matt Sparke, professor of geography and international studies at the UW, is mentioned.
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How Seattle district elections could change city
The August primary election is two weeks away, and Seattle City Council races are kicking into high gear. Now candidates will run based on district thanks to a map drawn by a UW geographer. -
Shedding light on complexities of poverty
The way people think about poverty affects both how important we think fighting poverty is. UW's Victoria Lawson and Sarah Elwood, geography professors, are quoted. -
Students put GIS skills to use on social justice projects
The juniors and seniors in Elwood’s GIS Workshop course are applying lessons learned in class to projects with local nonprofits ranging from food banks to criminal justice organizations. -
UW-led network seeks to reframe poverty locally and globally
Two University of Washington geography professors are leading an effort with what might be considered a staggeringly ambitious goal — to reframe how poverty is perceived and studied around the world. -
As middle class fades, so does use of term on campaign trail
The once ubiquitous term "middle class" has gone conspicuously missing from the 2016 campaign trail, as candidates and their strategists grasp for new terms for an unsettled economic era. -
China's sustainable cities of the future
Kam Wing Chan, a professor of geography, comments on China's rural-urban migrants. -
Compassion around the world: This week in daily giving
Elyse Gordon, a geography doctoral student at the UW, wants to inspire younger people to get involved in their communities. -
China's closed cities threaten population goals, report says
Despite China's efforts to ease decades-old curbs on the movements of its rural population, the world's most populous country could see its ranks of internal migrants swell to dangerous levels over the next decade, a new research report says. -
Seattle area's growth shows the power of the market, and planning
In an op-ed piece, Dick Morrill, professor emeritus of geography, looks at Seattle's population growth over 64 years, the changing character of the population, 1970 and 2010, and the planning context for growth. -
Jason and Walter's Excellent Arctic Adventure
During a visit to the Canadian Arctic to study Inuktitut, the Inuit language, students experienced firsthand the language's connection to the land.