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April 19, 20123 Comments

Photos: Rural migrants’ temporary abode

Note: By Adeline Wang, one of our contributors. From Sina Under the bridge, on the riverside, inside the tunnel, there are shelters that have become home to China’s massive workforce. The moment the skyscrapers are erected and replace what were there, those who help built them will leave without a trace. And those strangers, they [...]

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February 29, 20124 Comments

Photos: “If I were elected a deputy to Chinese legislature, what I would propose”

From NetEase The annual “two sessions” – one for the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, and the other for Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, convene in Beijing on March 5 this year. Reporters with Xinhua News Agency visited a college campus, a bus station, a hospital, a construction site among other places and [...]

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January 13, 20124 Comments

Video: China completes 30-story building in 15 days

From Daily Mail China is nowadays known to the world as a huge construction site where superlative and larger-than-life skyscrapers spring up faster than anywhere else. At the end of 2010, a video in fast motion documenting the completion of a 15-story building within merely 6 days left most viewers’ jaws drop. This time, the [...]

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December 27, 20116 Comments

The Plight of China’s Migrant Workers

From NetEase 网易《看客》 Ministry of Tofu: Migrant workers have been subject to unstable employment, hazardous working conditions, and low wages. On top of that, they often find themselves fighting deceptive employers for their meager salaries. Here are some pictures that show what they would do in desperate situations. Migrant workers are considered “outsiders” in the [...]

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