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Over 1 mln migrant workers find new jobs in Sichuan

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... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Jan 28 2009

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