2017 was a year of change for Beijing, but then again what year since 1421 hasn’t been a year of change for the city?
Dangerous Benevolence
The Beijing Migrants Crackdown: A ChinaFile Conversation
Since mid-November, police and security officials have evicted tens of thousands of migrants from their apartments, and pictures of the newly homeless from all across China sitting outside in the Beijing winter have spread widely on social media. Why did the city government take this step? And what does this mean for the rights of China’s so-called “low-end population”?