Posts from ‘May, 2009’

According to State Statistics Bureau, there were 225,420,000 migrant workers across the country till the end of December 2008. Over 60% of them are working away from home, as waiters, construction workers, security guards, etc.

Most of the migrant workers are under-paid, have no proper insurance,  and are often asked to work overtime on a regular [...]

Qianmen is one of the nearest old city gates of Beijing to Tiananmen Square. Lots of tourists here on a daily basis.
He’s a self-employed tourist guide. He’s had no proper training, no official certificates of any kind.
He spoke randomly to tourists and tried very hard to find someone to hire him as a guide.
He spent [...]