One of the tragedies of China’s economic model is that many children are left behind in villages when their parents go off as migrants to look for jobs. Often, the children are left with grandparents. But sometimes they are left... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Tue, Feb 17 2009
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| 15 Feb 08 |
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"Children Left Behind" Documentary Trailer »
YouTube video UNICEF Awarded "Children Left Behind" in Rural China Documentary Screening
"They have parents, but they live very lonely lives. They eat alone, they play alone."
Producer: Catherine Lee Yuk San
"Children Left Behind", a 30-minute documentary,... |
| 29 Aug 08 |
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One in six kids left at home by migrants » People's Daily One out of every six children in the country is left behind in villages by parents, forced to migrate to other places in search of work. And many of these children are not looked after properly, Li Jianguo, vice-chairman of the National People's... |
| 28 Feb 08 |
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Revealing study on 'left-behind' kids » Shanghai Daily THE number of "left-behind" rural Chinese children, whose parents have gone to work in cities, is about 58 million, accounting for 21.72 percent of rural children aged 17 or under, according to a recent report. More than 40 million "left-behind"... |
| 28 Aug 08 |
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Chinese lawmaker urges better care for stay-at-home rural children » People's Daily A senior Chinese legislator has urged the government to provide better social services for rural children who have been left in the countryside while their parents seek work in the cities. An estimated 58 million children had been left in the... |
| 28 May 07 |
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Wen says 'left-behind' children need more love » Shanghai Daily PREMIER Wen Jiabao extended greetings to the "left-behind" children of migrant workers ahead of Friday's Children's Day. |
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Call to protect children's rights » People's Daily A CPPCC member has called for legislation to protect the rights of children left behind by migrant worker parents and for more boarding schools to care for them. In 2005, there were more than 40 million children under 14 left behind in r ... |
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