The Global Crisis’ Impact upon China’s Rural Migrants

Towards the end of 2008, as the world economy slowed and export-demand declined due to the global financial crisis, news reports began to appear detailing the return of rural migrants in China to their provincial homes. It was reported that 20 million rural migrant workers were laid off, and social...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sara Hsu, Shiyin Jiang, Halcott Heyward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/258