A New Generation
Description
It can be argued that China's newfound affluence is made possible not by bold entrepreneurs but by disadvantaged migrant workers, millions of whom have left the rural villages in which they were born to seek better lives in cities. This film takes viewers inside that globally significant megatrend with stories of Chinese migrants and their challenges. Li Xu Bin and his wife Dai barely get by on temp jobs in the Beijing suburb of Dong Xin Dian. But in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, a young woman named Tian Qiuyu has rejected work for hire and founded her own PR firm. And at Tongji University in Shanghai, budding architect Guan Zhaoyu makes the most of the education her parents never had. Expert commentary comes from Fudan University professor Zhou Dunren, who talks about the importance of understanding the difficulties that migrant workers face in China today and how their outlook compares with those of previous generations.
Runtime
29 min
Series
Subjects
- Internal migrants (2)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Population (248)
- Political geography (64)
- Social ecology (250)
- Economic geography (159)
- World politics (2067)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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