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Tag Archives: migrant workers
Migrant workers trek back to Sichuan
Migrant workers traveled thousands of miles on improvised motor tricycles to return home.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Chongqing Evening News, migrant workers
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To die poor is a sin
An excerpt of Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged books, Dongguan, migrant workers
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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.
Posted in Migrant workers
Tagged Hu Xiaoyan, migrant workers, NPC, Window of the South
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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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Tagged earthquake, food, migrant workers, photographs, Sichuan
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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.
Posted in Events
Tagged art, Birds Nest, migrant workers, Olympics, photography, Water Cube, workers
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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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Tagged Birds Nest, Dalai Lama, migrant workers, Olympics, The Beijing News
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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.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Beijing opera, Charles Zhang, inflation, labor, migrant workers, Olympic torch relay, Sohu, The Beijing News
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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.
Posted in From the Web
Tagged Bullog, GVO, migrant workers, Olympics, science
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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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Tagged hukou, law, migrant workers, transport
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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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Tagged @classic, Jia Pingwa, migrant workers, novels, Oriental Outlook
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