China's migrant refuseniks

2004-08-06 Thread Jonathan Lassen
Drought of Migrant Labor Beijing Review | 5 aug by Fan Ren http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200431/Nation-200431(A).htm This year has seen the flood of migrant laborers, who traditionally travel to thriving coastal provinces in search of work, reduced to a trickle. As a result, many private companies

Re: China's migrant refuseniks

2004-08-06 Thread Perelman, Michael
This is a very fascinating article, displaying the contradictions in Chinese development on a far deeper level than the loud discussion that followed the mention of the article by Marty Paul. At first it did not make sense at all. How could China have great unemployment a shortage of workers?