Sichuan Activist Jailed
Petitioner Stabs Official
Man Gets Jail…And Money
Drag Racing Crackdown
Models Get Unwanted Attention

OFFICIAL HITS PETITIONER
GUANGDONG'S RAT CRAZE
CONTRACTORS DETAIN POLICE
SEEING DOUBLE
MODERN DAY CAVE MAN

REVEALING DRAINAGE SYSTEM
STORMS LEAVE SCORES DEAD
MAN KILLS FAMILY, NEIGHBORS
MAN "PREFERRED TO STAY IN JAIL"

PETITIONER SENTENCED FOR BLACKMAIL
BY-ELECTIONS "TO SEE LOW TURNOUT"
MOTHER'S DAY IN HK

The issue of migrant workers is a pisive one in China's capital.  Most Beijingers are well aware of the need for workers from the countryside to do the jobs that they are not willing to do. 

Migrant workers are the force behind Beijing's rapid development over the last couple of decades.  Nowhere was that more evident than in the run-up to the Olympics, when sporting venues and transport facilities sprang up at astonishing speed. 

On the flip side, there is still widespread prejudiced against migrant workers.  Many Beijing residents often see them as rude and uneducated, and perceive them as second class citizens.

That issue was brought to the fore once again by a new government policy aimed at giving the children of migrant workers access to compulsory education at public schools in Beijing. While the aim of the move is to give equal education opportunities to all, some in Beijing question whether it's practical to introduce a further burden into the city's already strained education system. 

Last May, the Da Wang Jing villiage has been demolished, more than 2000 villagers' lives were changed just over night, all of them become millionaires, and most of them made investment, bought cars and houses. 

Now, if you go to the the Da Wang Jing village today, you only can see a park there and plain lands. This land has been sold with very high price, the government is planing to build the second CBD in Beijing, even more prosperous than Wangjing which is near the village.   

CHINA'S BANK LOAN WOES
SHAANXI EXPO PAVILION UNVEILED
SANDSTORM SOLUTIONS
WORLD'S WORKSHOP, HELP WANTED
FIRST MIGRANT WORKER NOVEL
MIGRANT WORKER IMPRESSIONS
MUSEUM OF MIGRANT LABOR