... access to education, no support network in the new city, and parents working long hours every day. Unlicensed schools are the only option for the majority of migrant children and many of these buildings ...
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
... are children under 18, while 58 million of them are left behind in rural areas as their parents seek work in cites. In the interviews of about 100 children speaking different languages and in different ...
Friday, 20 November 2009
... parents are well advised to send their children to cities as migrants. Although migrants have little chance of being absorbed into decent or growth sectors in cities, simply to be able to stop being ...
Monday, 06 July 2009
... grandparents in their home village, where the average annual income is just 4,000 yuan. "When we've saved enough money we'll bring them here and never go back," she said. "In cities, we don't need to ...
Friday, 26 June 2009
... on children’s futures, there are few formal and reliable avenues for kids and parents to learn what career choices will be available to them when they grow up. Computer brands could take a lead on grassroots ...
Friday, 26 June 2009
... mostly living and studying in the outskirts of the city. For these migrant children, going for an excursion is rare, given that their parents are usually busy at work. The outing was also the first ...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
... and parent-child telephone cards will be issued and practical guidance will be given to families with children left behind. It is proposed that these parents make at least one telephone call each week ...
Monday, 08 June 2009
... add-ons that Shanghai parents insist on for their kids - Chinese literature, music, English, martial arts, computer skills and so on. Though mostly born in Shanghai, these children have no roots and often ...
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
... access to education, no support network in the new city, and parents working long hours every day. Unlicensed schools are the only option for the majority of migrant children and many of these buildings ...
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
... students still in the ninth-grade class. She and her parents moved to Beijing from Gansu Province when she was 11. The best in her class, Zhang has the potential for high school and college, her teachers ...
Thursday, 11 March 2010
... 1990s, have far more options than their parents - the original generation of rural migrant workers who fuelled China's extraordinary economic growth over the last two decades. While their parents moved ...
Sunday, 07 March 2010
... of China’s political system, and activist Tan Zuoren, an advocate for parents of children who died in shoddily built schools that collapsed like tofu in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Tan was sentenced last ...
Saturday, 06 March 2010
... found what he was looking for in the Zhang family: two parents who left their daughter and son with grandparents on their farm when they left for the city. “The mother told me that she has been away to ...
Thursday, 04 March 2010
... parents and for their own retirement life, while the second generation of young migrant workers is increasingly inclined to seek employment locally, where new development is now providing growing employment ...
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
... won't do anything, and it's such a shame for the parents and the children." "These parents don't have anywhere else to go. They can't move ... If they can't afford the high fees somewhere else, then ...
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
... at the age of 16 just after graduation from a local middle school and when his parents could no longer afford his tuition for senior high school. He began his career as an electrician’s apprentice, living ...
Thursday, 25 February 2010
... familiar with urban life and have more education than their parents , and have jobs in manufacturing and the service industry, so are unlikely to go back to a simple life of farming in the countryside. ...
Monday, 22 February 2010
... the central government. A hukou is a residential permit that is linked to one's parents ' hometown. It determines where a Chinese citizen is allowed to live and work. However, with China's development, ...
Saturday, 20 February 2010
... report said. With the implementation of the one-child policy, more and more families have one child, two parents and four grandparents . This, together with hefty housing prices and a tightening job ...
Thursday, 11 February 2010
... problems – namely a lack of government-provided social services – but remained with parents during developmental years. The financial crisis, at least temporarily, reversed this trend, sending children ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
