Tag: Migrant Workers

Supporting Article

Migrant Cities in Guangdong Province

A look at China's migrant cities.

Clarence Chan ⋅ ⋅ Dec 12, 2004

View From the Wall

Behind China’s Urbanization

The Chinese government’s release of its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure of $1,000 per person at the end of 2003 signifies that China is on the verge of becoming a world economic power. It also signifies that full-fledged urbanization has taken off. The traditional Chinese society, rooted in agriculture, is gradually diminishing and yielding […]

Huo Shui ⋅ ⋅ Mar 15, 2004

Peoples of China

Peoples of the Cities

The author takes us on a tour of some of the side streets of Beijing, showing us the diversity of people within the cities of China.

Jim Nickel ⋅ ⋅ Mar 15, 2004

Peoples of China

The Cultural Crisis of Peasants in the Cities

Urbanization in China is proceeding at full speed with no return.  Nowadays, more and more factories are being established in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). These bring not only many opportunities to entrepreneurs, but many young people from villages seize the moment and rush to the cities for jobs. The city is a place full of possibilities and pitfalls. There are non-Christian peasants who come to know Jesus Christ in the city; however, there are also Christian peasants who lose their faith there.

Janet Chan ⋅ ⋅ Dec 15, 2003