> It appears that under the policy, huge swathes of people just didn't report daughters being born. There's a generation of women who simply don't exist.
So I guess, in the same way people in US and UK do.
Also remember that illegal work is not uncommon in every western country as well
If you're paid cash, you pay in cash
If you live and work in a small rural village in continental China, where girls have been hidden and everybody knows it, who's coming to check if you have an id or not?
How do they work/travel/pay without ID?