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Migrant makeover (part two)

Migrating from rural China to the big city and working at a salon has become a popular route out of poverty and stifling tradition. Such service workers are fueling China’s growing capitalist-style economy. But disappointing and sobering revelations await those with high hopes.


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STORY INDEX

TOPICS > CHINESE MIGRANT WORKERS >

“Hope for China’s Migrant Workers”
A detailed report on labor migration policy and its impact on women in the new Chinese economy from the China Business Review
URL: http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/public/0205/ye.html

“Dagongmei” — Female Migrant Labourers
An article from the China Labour Bulletin by Australian researcher Tamara Jacka
URL: http://www.china-labour.org.hk/iso/article.adp?article_id=5282&category_name=Economic%20Reform

“My Life as a Migrant Worker: Women in Rural-Urban Migration in Contemporary China”
Another article by Tamara Jacka, from Intersections
URL: http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue4/tamara_intro.html

TOPICS > CHINESE BEAUTY INDUSTRY

“China Plans Regulation to Guide Beauty Industry”
A March 2003 article from the People’s Daily
URL: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200403/30/eng20040330_138927.shtml

“World ‘beauty makers’ knocking China door”
A June 2004 article by Mark Godfrey in China Today
URL: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/06/content_321064.htm

TOPICS > CHINESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

“China’s Divisive Development — Growing Urban-Rural Inequality Bodes Trouble”
A 2001 article by Joshua Levin in Harvard International Review
URL: http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/index.html?id=977&page=5

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