sacredhands on Jan 26th, 2007Chinese Farmers Abandon Children For City Work
Awhile back we wrote about how young Chinese adults were abandoning their aging parents in the countryside in favor of finding jobs in the city. Now comes word that the reverse is happening: Chinese farmers are abandoning their young children on the farm in order to find work in the city as well.
Imagine all [...]
sacredhands on Nov 6th, 2006Chinese Elderly Abandoned by Migrating Children
There came a time in America when the whole idea of working in the city and living in the country made sense. It was all about contrast. The stress of the city life could be relieved by a jaunt to the country. The stress of the daily commute aside, there wasn’t much thought about [...]