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 will have a job to come back...
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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... |
| 04 Feb 09 |
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Economy Takes Toll on China's Migrant Workers »
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| 05 Feb 09 |
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China: Rising unemployment hits »
YouTube video Todays a river of people has flowed through Beijing station and scores more around the country. Here just a few of the hundreds millions of people returning home on Chinas railway this week.
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| 20 Aug 08 |
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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... |
| 28 Jan 09 |
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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... |
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Chinese advisor urges ending discrimination against migrant workers » People's Daily China's 200 million migrant workers are still facing employment discrimination and services for them are not in place, said a political advisor in Beijing on Tuesday. "Migrant workers have lower pay and worse welfare than urban workers," said Li... |
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