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... ...full story at Danwei
from Danwei on Fri, Jan 30 2009
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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... |
| 29 Jan 08 |
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Migrant workers advised to stay in cities for Spring Festival amid heavy snow » People's Daily Appalling weather has led authorities in south China's Guangdong Province to advise millions of migrant workers to give up family reunion plans and stay in the cities where they work during the upcoming Spring Festival because they may not ... |
| 04 Aug 09 |
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95% migrant workers returned to cities for work after Spring Festival » People's Daily After the Spring Festival, 95% of migrant workers returned to the city, and the remaining 5 percent remained in or around their hometowns in rural areas working in or starting their own local businesses. Vice-Minister Hu Xiaoyi for the Ministry of... |
| 25 Aug 09 |
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"Exploding" new orders lead to labor shortage in China » People's Daily &$&$95% migrant workers returned to cities for work after Spring Festival&$&$ &$&$Employment situation of migrant workers stabilizes&$&$ &$&$Government-aided job training helps migrants find work&$ |
| 25 Jan 08 |
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Migrant workers in Spring Festival exodus to rural hometowns » People's Daily The annual Spring Festival travel season, called Chunyun, started last Friday five days ahead of schedule, with a new twist: a sharply higher number of migrant workers headed home. In Beijing's West Railway Station, China's largest, ... |
| 02 Mar 08 |
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Holidays plea for migrants » Shanghai Daily CHINA needs a paid holiday system for migrant workers so they can choose when to travel home, a law maker said yesterday. "Most migrant workers have to work all the year round and can only have a few days off during the Spring Festival. It becomes a... |