10 May 2007 - China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society. In the countryside, women struggle to raise children as their husbands flock to cities in search of better wages. (video by Travis Fox / washingtonpost.com. For more information about this or other videos, please visit www.travisfox.com)
If you're interested in the impact of migration on Chinese families, particularly left-behind children (留守儿童), Ye Jingzhong has written a lot on the subject. Do a google search for him. "Left-behind children in rural China : impact study of rural labor migration on left-behind children in mid-west China" is a good introduction to the issue.
tudore 1 year ago
fuck you capitalism.
leethal59 1 year ago
Truly sad.
miaoyaht 2 years ago