Ciara’s mother stepped in. “But we’ve been there and done that. Now we have to dig deeper.”
Ciara glared at her mother. “Shush.” She looked back once again at Jam and Ping. “As Mom said, we’re going to have to work harder. The people we want are the ones who have the characteristics to achieve great success but who don’t have the opportunity because of poverty, culture, and political oppression.”
Ping jumped from her chair. “No hukou!” She pounded her fist on the table, making Lenora’s tablet jump. She hunched her shoulders sheepishly, as if, contrary to her nature, she was embarrassed by her outburst.
Ciara gave Ping a fist pump. “Got it in one.”
Jam looked at both of them as if they had gone crazy.
Ping laughed. “Hukou is the system of mass human registration used by the Chinese gov
