Tag Archives: migrant workers

There’s a void called the countryside – visions of dying village life

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Migrant workers tend to be presented as an anonymous mass, and thought of either as … Continue reading

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The benefits of allowing free land trade – reflections on land allocation in China

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Although China controls an extensive territory, pressure on land is high. A large proportion of … Continue reading

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Unknown migrant worker dies after lying 20 days under a bridge in Henan

In Zhengzhou (郑州) in Henan province in November, a migrant worker lay under a bridge for more than 20 days. He didn’t seem to be very ill, just cold, hungry and destitute. People came and went, even emergency medical services … Continue reading

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Children chained to a wall by parents working at Guangzhou construction site

What do you do when you have two children but no-one to look after them and not enough money to put them in kindergarten? The New Express Daily (新快报) from Guangdong has a picture on its front page today showing what happened … Continue reading

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Migrant kids learn to swim

The front page of the Southeastern Economic Times today shows a picture of kids practicing their swimming kicks, along with the headline: “Migrant kids learn to swim.  The article says that to ensure these kids enjoy their summer safely, the Municipal Party … Continue reading

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Northern Girls: interview with author Sheng Keyi

Qian Xiaohong is a young woman from a village in Hunan who went to the boomtown of Shenzhen in the 1990s in search of work. She is bold and optimistic, if sometimes a little naïve, and has short black hair … Continue reading

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What happened to the men who built China?

Daily Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore takes a look at China’s first generation of migrant workers transformed China, building its skyscrapers, manning its factories and digging its mines.

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Beijing seeks to reduce its low-end workforce

Beijing to limit low-end industries and other sectors employing large numbers of migrant workers. High-end talent to move freely between Beijing and Tianjin.

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Next-generation migrant workers need love too

If You Are the One (非诚勿扰) does up a special migrant workers episode.

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Sexy Beijing: Hard hats

Sexy Beijing is back with a video about Beijing’s migrant workers, and their dating and relationship issues.

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