Heihaizi
Sign in to saveAlso known as black child, illegal child, invisible child
thumb| lacked any ability to obtain their household registration (, example pictured above), a critically important identity document in the [[People's Republic of China, for decades]]
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Gender
- Living as a {{Lang|zh-latn|heihaizi}}
- Abolishment of the one-child policy
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb| lacked any ability to obtain their household registration (, example pictured above), a critically important identity document in the [[People's Republic of China, for decades]]
'''''' () is a term applied in the People's Republic of China. Also rendered in English as illegal children or invisible children, the term refers to children born in spite of the one-child policy, or more generally any children who are not registered in the national household registration system ( system), such as children born out of wedlock. Such children faced severe discrimination and lack of access to government services in China, with some even becoming stateless. The synonymous term '''''' () refers to an unregistered person of any age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heihaizi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.