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China: Rising unemployment hits

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. This year, many have mixed feelings, they hedged their family...

from YouTube on Thu, Feb 05 2009

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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...
23 Jan 09		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...
16 Dec 08		Public Toilet_Shanghai Station.wmv » YouTube videoThis public toilet in Shanghai railway station is said to be earning 100 millions Chinese yuan( USD) a year. Pretty stunning especially for todays gloomy market, huh ?
17 Feb 07		Read about it over an espresso » Laowiseass Beijing West Railway station about a week before Chinese New Year's day, Feb. 18, 2007.We hear every winter that tens of millions of Chinese travelers either trample or get trampled in lines to buy train tickets so they can get home for the Lunar New Year...
14 Sep 08		Family first: All roads lead home for festival » Shanghai Daily MILLIONS of Chinese people headed home to their families and loved ones during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival. The occasion was especially poignant for those returning to their earthquake-hit villages and towns....
09 Oct 09		More people make return trips in last day of National Day holiday » People's Daily As more people made return trips to go back home and work, China saw a traffic boom on Thursday. &$ &$Passengers queue to receive security check at the subway station entrance of Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 7, 2009. As...

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