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China's rising unemployment leaves migrant workers fearing for jobs guardian co uk

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...

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23 Jan 09		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...
04 Feb 09		Economy Takes Toll on China's Migrant Workers » YouTube videoThe Lunar New Year holiday in China is the main chance each year for the country's 130 million migrant workers to return home to visit their families. Many return to the countryside, hundreds of kilometers away from their jobs. This year's travels are...
13 Feb 08		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.
30 Jan 09		Rising unemployment impacts migrant workers » Danwei Dan Chung's video featuring Guardian journalist Tania Branigan about whether peasant workers will return to cities to work after the Spring Festival break. Tags: Dan Chung, financial crisis, Guardian, Spring Festival, Tania Branigan, workers This...
28 Jan 09		More than one million migrant workers find new jobs after returning home in SW China » People's Daily More than one million migrant workers, who were forced to return home late last year amid the impact of the global financial crisis, have found new jobs in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Out of the 1.49 million migrant workers who had...
14 Nov 08		Migrant jobs top agenda » People's Daily The government's latest economic stimulus plan could create at least one million jobs by the end of the year, in turn curbing rapid unemployment among migrant workers hit by a looming global recession, a senior researcher has said. The $586-billion...

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