China has an estimated 120?150 million internal migrants from the countryside living in its cities. These people are the engine that has been driving China's hi

Since the mid-1980s, mass migration from the countryside to urban areas has been one of the most dramatic and noticeable changes in China. Labour migration has

China's rise over the past several decades has lifted more than half of its population out of poverty and reshaped the global economy. What has caused this dram

Out to Work is a fresh, engaging account of the lives of a group of rural Chinese women who, while still in their teens, moved from villages to Beijing to take

This book examines labour migration in China, focusing in particular on the social dimensions, exploring important issues including poverty alleviation, inequal