migrant workers

history of China in images
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40 years of history of China in images

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“Workers, Farmers” is an exhibition that collects the work of the Chinese photographers Zhuxianmin and Wang Yuwen. The work of two talented photographers focuses mainly … Read more

KU QIAN
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KU QIAN, Bitter Money, a film by Wang Bing

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Presented at Venezia 73, Orizzonti. In a fast growing city of East China, migrants have been arriving and living for a dream of a better life.

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Left-behind children

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Left-behind children refer to those whose parent or parents go to work as migrant workers in bigger cities and leave them behind in the care of one parent, grandparent(s) or other elder relatives in rural villages.

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dust pollution in China
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Living in a dusty world: the terrible employment conditions of the stone workers in China

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The terrible employment conditions of the stone workers in China. Hui’an, known as “stone town” in Fujian, is famous in China for the production of … Read more

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Which countries have the most slaves? Key figures from global survey index

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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly 46 million people around the world are living as slaves, forced to work in factories, mines and farms, sold for sex, trapped in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the third Global Slavery Index released on Tuesday.

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Future of China - China 2050 - Benoit Cezard
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China 2050: The Future of China according to Benoit Cezard

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Benoit Cezard, a French freelance photographer, who lives in Wuhan since 2006, became popular on the net for his conceptual photography work “China 2050”.

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Chinese Elderly People
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Celebrating Chinese Elderly People Creativity

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Chinese elderly people do a lot of crazy things. News.163.com assembled a funny gallery testifying their ingenuity.

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Working Class in China
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The Working Class in China, 15 images

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Over the years we collected many images of the nightmarish work conditions of Chinese migrant workers. Most of those people are like modern slaves with limited access to social insurance and suffering from poor health conditions.

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Working Conditions in China
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Manufacturing: Striking Burtynsky Images on Working Conditions in China

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Working Conditions in China – In the southern province of Guangdong, one can drive for hours along numerous highways that reveal a virtually unbroken landscape of factories and workers’ dormitories.

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