As new urbanites pour into cities, health care, congestion, pollution, slums all mean potential trouble to city dwellers. So the government is trying to get it "right" as these cities grow up like mushrooms.
Of course, key to making all this work is to smoothly handle all the new "migrants" who have lost their homes, way of life, networks of friends and family. The Economist has something very surprising to say about this:
" It is far harder for a member of this group [migrants] to gain official recognition as a city-dweller in his own country, with all the welfare benefits and access to public services that status confers, than to gain citizenship in America or Europe if he were to migrate there. The harsh treatment of China’s internal migrants is creating huge social divisions that could erupt in serious unrest."
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