Even after thirty years of economic reform, the majority of rural migrants in China's cities are still kept out of the formal labor market and professional tracks. Most of them pick up jobs in the informal sector. Such social inequality is likely to be perpetuated given the fact that their second generation is not provided with quality education. In China, education, often considered a way of changing one's life trajectory, now only reproduces social status and reinforces class boundaries.
Mary Li Ma
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December 4, 2008
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China's migrant population presents both challenges and uncertainties.
Christopher Pierce
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November 24, 2008
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Migrant workers make important contributions to China's cities but also pose tremendous challenges. A resident of Beijing explores how migrants fit in the capital and how Beijingers view them.
Jonathan Li
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November 23, 2008
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The world of China's "floating population" is vastly different from the world of its city dwellers.
Clarence Chan
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A look at China's migrant cities.
Clarence Chan
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December 12, 2004
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The Chinese government’s release of its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure of $1,000 per person at the end of 2003 signifies that China…
Huo Shui
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March 15, 2004
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The author takes us on a tour of some of the side streets of Beijing, showing us the diversity of people within the cities of China.
Jim Nickel
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Urbanization in China is proceeding at full speed with no return. Nowadays, more and more factories are being established in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). These bring not only many opportunities to entrepreneurs, but many young people from villages seize the moment and rush to the cities for jobs. The city is a place full of possibilities and pitfalls. There are non-Christian peasants who come to know Jesus Christ in the city; however, there are also Christian peasants who lose their faith there.
Janet Chan
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December 15, 2003
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