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Searching with a thematic focus on Migration in China

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  Rethinking “Ecological Migration” and the Value of Cultural Continuity: A Response to Wang, Song, and Hu

  Springer, 2010

  Comment by J.M. Foggin, in response to: Wang Z.M., K.S. Song, and L.J. Hu. 2010. China’s largest scale ecological migration in the three-river headwater region. AMBIO 39 (5–6):443–446. The author argues that Ecological Migration (EM) policy is all too often accepted with little critique in China.
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  Problems of new generation migrant workers from the perspective of social discrimination

  AgEcon Search, 2011

  This paper studies the correlation of migrant workers in China and their social problems from the aspects of “migrant workers and social discrimination” and “new generation and mobility of social class”. The paper also examines the issue focusing on the gender structure of new generation migrant workers (NEMWs).
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  Migration and land rental as risk response in rural China

  AgEcon Search, 2011

  Households in developing countries take various actions to smooth income or consumption as a means of managing or responding to risk. This paper examines migration and land rental market participation as responses to risk in rural China.
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  Perceptions of ecological migration in inner Mongolia, China: summary of fieldwork and relevance for climate adaptation

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2009

  This report documents local perceptions and experiences of environmental migration in selected settlements in Mongolia and China, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation there.
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  Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008

  The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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  Domestic migrant remittances in China: distribution, channels and livelihoods

  International Organization for Migration, 2006

  Remittances are an integral feature of the migration system in China. Remittances occur largely because migration forms part of a strategy for ‘rural livelihood diversification’. This means that rural households spread their earning activities over a range of on-farm and off-farm activities in order to minimise their risks and raise their returns to available labour.
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  Denied status, denied education: children of North Korean women in China

  Human Rights Watch, 2008

  This report analyses the situation faced by children of North Korean women in China. The report points out that these children lack access to education, as Chinese schools require verification of identity for admittance and continued schooling.
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  China’s family support system: challenges and solutions under the circumstances of rural-urban female labour migration

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2007

  Based on interviews with rural-urban migrants in Anhui and Sichuan provinces of China, this paper focuses on the coping strategies adopted by Chinese rural-urban migrant families to deal with the tensions caused by changes in generational care chains.
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  Women migrant workers under the Chinese social apartheid

  Committee for Asian Women, 2008

  This report assesses the impact of the capitalist reforms since the 1990’s in China’s one-party system. It particularly focuses on the experiences of women rural migrant workers and looks at how the women workers have responded to these reforms.
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  Forms of internal migration and combined effects on regional urban structure in the Yangtze river delta area in China

  The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006

  This paper outlines the socioeconomic and demographic profile in the Yangtze river delta area (YRDA) in China. The author explores the gradual evolution of the urban structure in the area and how migration affects it. The paper also discusses the future development of the area.

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