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Underground and Invisible: Migrants Search for Home in Beijing
Beijing is a global city, a national capital, and center of Chinese politics, business, and culture. The city attracts thousands of tourists, reporters, and political leaders every year. But the 3.1 million Chinese migrants who live in the city have not yet drawn the world’s attention. Across China, nearly 269 million migrants live in cities…
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The Stubborn Nails of China
For over a year, Luo Baogen and his wife lived in a house in the middle of a major road in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. The government asked them to move to make room for a highway but, unwilling to give up their recently renovated home for inadequate compensation, they stayed put and…
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