Faces of modern China
This week, The Guardian is running a series of articles and videos giving a ‘portrait’ of modern China. This coincides with the newspaper’s new trial to offer selected Guardian articles in Chinese.
On day one, we see a video of the experiences of one migrant worker forced to return from Shenzhen to her parents’ farm in her village, following a huge drop in the monthly wages she can now earn. She reports that where she could formerly earn up to 2,500 yuan per month, she is now only able to earn 800 yuan per month, barely enough for her to buy food. She is facing a similar story to the estimated 140 million migrant workers across China, and is now forced to turn her back on the bright lights of the city to return to a place where she says “there’s still nothing much to do…just watch TV or help with chores.”
The series promises to provide an interesting insight into the challenges facing China and her citizens in the current economic climate. We will watch it with interest.
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