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China: Rising unemployment hits migrant workers (The Guardian)
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: Apr 29 09
Witnessed: 1635 times
Regions: China
Issues: Bonded labor, Labor, Slavery & forced labor
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 will have a job to come back to.
(January 23, 2009)
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