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Revisiting Shanghai’s New Population Regulation Policy

Much has been said about China’s “big city disease.” As population, industry, and traffic are growing in cities like Shanghai, what’s the impact on how the city operates? Data from the General Bureau of Statistics showed that by the end of 2013, Shanghai’s permanent residence population was 24.15 million; among them was the native population… Read more »

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Forced Roma Evictions in France

Image via Wikimedia Commons Throughout Europe, housing is a human right. One would assume that this would be true for all citizens of the European Union, right? Unfortunately, this is not so for many of the migrant Roma living in France. It was not that long ago that Mihaiela Cirpaciu was forced to leave a… Read more »