China’s Migrant Workers: How Far from Being Citizens?

Abstract: Hundreds of millions of farmers have become permanent urban residents. But they do not enjoy the corresponding benefits as citizens. Migration of rural population and labor mobility have become one of the primary elements driving China’s economic growth, but migrant workers have to face economic, social, political and cultural challenges and barriers before becoming real citizens. These changes and barriers include unemployment and poverty of landless farmers, labor resource integration, social inclusion and government administration and so on, among which, the reform and improvement of household registration system, land system, labor system and social security system is becoming urgent for the Chinese government. Thus the migrant workers still have a long way to go before obtaining full citizenship.

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Full Text: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/23544/15041

Shuya Zhang, Guoliang Luo (2013) China’s Migrant Workers: How Far from Being Citizens?
Asian Social Science   ISSN 1911-2017 (Print)   ISSN 1911-2025 (Online)
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n1p171

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Journey of Mankind: The Peopling of the World

“The Bradshaw Foundation, in association with Stephen Oppenheimer, presents a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years.  The map will show for the first time the interaction of migration and climate over this period.  We are the descendants of a few small groups of tropical Africans who united in the face of adversity, not only to the point of survival but to the development of a sophisticated social interaction and culture expressed through many forms.  Based on a synthesis of the mtDNA and Y chromosome evidence in archaeology, climatology, and fossil study, Stephen Oppenheimer has tracked the routes and timing of migration, placing it in context with ancient rock art around the world.”

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Bradshaw Foundation, (2009) Journey of Mankind: The Peopling of the World

Full Data: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/

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