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migrant worker music

one adult 'singer' plus one girl 'singer', performed Karaoke, surrounded a group of migrant workers. Those migrant workers donated 1, or 2, or 5, or 10 yuan.

from YouTube on Fri, Sep 28 2007

see also:

13 Feb 08 visit migrant workers in GZ, tv piece  »  YouTube videoHow a bunch of migrant workers from Sichuan are making the best of being stuck in Guangzhou over new year.
23 Jan 09 visit China: Rising unemployment hits migrant workers  »  YouTube videoMillions 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 will have a job to come back...
23 Jan 09 visit China's rising unemployment leaves migrant workers fearing for jobs guardian co uk  »  YouTube videoTania 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...
11 Feb 08 visit Why migrant workers praise the law  »  Shanghai Daily WITH just three donated computers, two sparsely decorated rooms without central heating, this legal-aid station is underfunded and often crowded with troubled migrant workers. However, in the northwestern city of Xi'an, migrant workers can now receive...
20 Aug 08 visit Migrant workers facing job losses in Shenzhen  »  People's Daily Millions of unskilled migrant workers could be forced to leave this southern boomtown in the face of its continuing industrial restructuring, a local statistician has said. The lacking skills and general know-how of migrant farmers-turned-workers could...
14 Dec 07 visit China: Migrant Worker Song  »  Global Voices Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist blogs about this year's Spring Festival show specialty: Migrant worker song performance. But is it really about the migrant workers? The story seems to be more about the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

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