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Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10

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Do You Remember Meat Scarcity?

When jacolet was growing up in 19 eighties china, ration was still a thing. You know, you need ration paper to purchase anything from state operates store. From sugar to clothe to oil, tot include meat. And we have a lot of rice ration paperss. We will trade them for eggs. It was a thing. I remember itit was when there were a lot of rural migrants who started come to city to work. Before before seventies, if youare rural migrants, if your household registration is in the countryside, you can't very easily move to the city. But 19 eightys is went first at the relaxation,. There's a relaxation in that restriction

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