China’s 2026–28 rural passenger-freight-mail plan aims to combine buses, parcels and postal services. Integration can preserve routes and improve access, but only if time, liability and last-mile labour are funded.
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China’s public services should follow the resident, not the registration book
Providing basic services where people actually live could make urbanisation more secure. Delivery will depend on school capacity, portable social insurance, housing access and municipal finance.
Digital driver licences are coming to New Zealand. The hard part is trust, not the app
A digital driver licence sounds like one of the simplest government upgrades imaginable: take the card in your wallet, put it securely on your phone, and l