Migrant Workers in China
The movement of Chinese people \u2013 around 300 million of them \u2013 from rural areas to China\u2019s cities has been called the largest mass migration in human history. Have the working-class migrants who\u2019ve built China\u2019s megacities been rewarded for their efforts? Eli Friedman describes the obstacles and injustices they\u2019ve encountered, particularly when trying to get schooling for their children.\nEli Friedman, The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City Columbia University Press, 2022\n(Image on main page by Matt Ming.)\nThe post Migrant Workers in China appeared first on KPFA.