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China's controversial hukou system for registering households has been blamed for entrenching inequality by giving unfair advantages to city residents over rural residents. But in some cases, those advantages can be reversed - and a rural hukou can be worth a lot of money.
After thousands of school building collapsed in 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the Chinese government spent hundreds of millions dollars to improve the safety of school buildings. However, as BON’s George Liu had found, some of the money had been spent elsewhere.