China is the world's manufacturing powerhouse, the second-largest economy, and a country ruled by the Communist Party and officially champions socialist equality. Yet a growing debate on social media has cast a spotlight on an unpopular question that does China have a caste system?The debate gained traction online after Indian users drew parallels between China's social structure, arguing that an individual's opportunities are often shaped by the circumstances of their birth. Pointing to China's hukou household registration system, which they say creates a rigid, inherited hierarchy that influences access to education, healthcare, welfare benefits, and economic mobility.advertisementRead Full StoryDozens of…