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Migrant workers trek back to Sichuan

Migrant workers traveled thousands of miles on improvised motor tricycles to return home.

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To die poor is a sin

An excerpt of Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang.

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It’s not easy for a migrant worker in the legislature

Window of the South interviews Hu Xiaoyan, an NPC delegate who represents the migrant worker functional constituency.

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Sichuan Earthquake Survivors – Photos

In Dujiangyan, I met a group of migrant construction workers taking a lunch break. They have been working in the earthquake zone for a month now, working to clear out the thousands of tons of rubble the earthquake left behind. This man told me he would return to his home province Shaanxi in August, in time to help his family with the harvest.

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Workers book launch this Friday

British artist Helen Couchman will be launching her new book–Workers 工人–at the Beijing Bookworm on Thursday night at 7:30 pm.

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Lunch at the Bird’s Nest

The Beijing News (新京报) features a fish kill on the front page and an insert of migrant workers at the Bird’s Nest.

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CNN apology not accepted

The Beijing News (新京报): The conflict between China’s Foreign Ministry and CNN wages on.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-14

GVO on Bullog’s top stories, BOCOG on hotel rip-offs, and migrant workers sing and dance for you at Shanghaiist.

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Yunnan will NOT abolish ‘hukou’ system

An earlier post on Danwei suggested that Yunnan Province was about to abolish the ‘hukou’ system, which is a relic old Chinese economy based on work units and local registrations that made casual migration almost impossible. While the Chinese economy … Continue reading

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The most famous junk collector in Xi’an

Gaoxing (高兴) by Jia Pingwa (贾平凹) is actually based on the life experiences of his friend Liu Shuzhen (刘书祯), aka (刘高兴).

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