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Migrant makeover (part two)
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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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By Michelle Chen / Shanghai
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Sunday, August 1, 2004 |
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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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