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| | Hukou - China-related Topics HU-HZ - China-Related Topics |
 | | It can also refer to Family register in many contexts, since a hukou book, or household registration record, is issued per family, and usually maintains track informations such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and moves, of all members in the family. |
 | | A similar household registration system exists within the public administration structures of other Asian governments, such as Taiwan (also called Hukou), Japan (koseki and Juminhyo) and both Koreas (Hojok Deungbon). |
 | | Although a valid residency permit technically requires an individual to live in the area designated on his/her permit, in practice the system has largely broken down, and there are an estimated 150 to 200 million Chinese who are living outside their officially-registered areas. |
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