A week-long Guardian series offering a unique portrait of modern China, its politics, economy, society, environment and international relations through the eyes of migrant workers, business people, bloggers and officials. An interesting reportage of... ...full story at Black China Hand
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| 23 Jan 09 |
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China's rising unemployment leaves migrant workers fearing for jobs guardian co uk »
YouTube video Tania Branigan and Dan Chung. Millions of migrant workers in Beijing are returning to the countryside for Chinese new year. With new figures showing unemployment at 4% (and some experts predicting their own rates of up to 10%) many are unsure whether they... |
| 18 May 09 |
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Guardian UK gets Chinese-language section » Shanghaiist U.K. newspaper The Guardian has got China fever! Not only are they doing a week-long portrait of China series (the first of which looks at migrant workers returning to village life), but it's also actually offering Chinese translations of some of their... |
| 10 Nov 09 |
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Extra! Extra! More Government Surveillence and Dalai Lama Sneaking Closer Towards China's Borders » Shanghaiist The Dalai Lama made a week-long visit to Tawang monastery in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, where he held a massive ceremony with an audience of 30,000 people. The Chinese government condemned the visit, as it claims that Arunachal is in... |
| 29 Sep 07 |
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Chongqing sets China's first Rural Migrant Workers Day » People's Daily Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is to honor the builders of much of its modern infrastructure with the country's first ever Rural Migrant Workers Day. The first Sunday of every November will be designated Rural Migrant Workers ... |
| 20 Jul 09 |
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Xinjiang's migrant workers take job offers on free will » People's Daily Stories of success encouraged Ayizemuguli Maimaiti to leave her home in Xinjiang's Shufu County to join the army of migrant workers heading to China's coastal east in May. "Many people took money home, and told us interesting stories, which we only... |
| 16 Jun 08 |
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Extra! Extra! Apple in Beijing, sex workers at the Olympics and an Orthodox revival » Shanghaiist Just after we so recently expressed our jealousy over the upcoming arrival of the iPod 3G in Hong Kong, Apple has announced the opening of its first botique store in mainland China this August. Sorry Shanghai, the honor is slated to go to Beijing, which... |
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