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Well from the financial aspects of China's newly announced growth figures to an unexpected literary by-product.

One of the key factors to this phenomenal economic success is the country's army of migrant workers. These are the source of the cheap labor that fuels China's manufacturing and service industries.

And as BON's Tom Mackenzie reports this often looked-down-upon sector of society has now produced a best-selling novel.

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When you think of museums, words like ancient, priceless, rare or exquisite come to mind. But in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, there's a museum which seems a world away from those concepts. And it details the often-ignored parallel history between a special group of migrant workers and the development of China.

These are various temporary residence permits from different cities through the years. They used to be like lucky charms for millions of migrant workers, because if you were unfortunate enough to come across the local police without it, you would likely be fined, arrested or sent home.

But this was never to happen again after Sun Zhigang, a college-educated migrant worker, was beaten to death in police custody after being detained for not carrying a permit in 2003.

Roads in Henan Province in central China are now a little safer after nearly 80 convicted hit-and-run drivers received a lifetime ban from driving. This follows a nationwide crackdown on drunk-driving that was launched last year.

To promote and ensure road safety in Henan province, police have doled out 79 life driving bans. The list of those found guilty was published by the Traffic Management Bureau of Henan Public Security Department last week in Zhengzhou.

They were all involved in hit-and-run accidents, and – worryingly – over a quarter of those punished only had about a year of driving experience. Police say in some cases, the victims were left to die on the road after being abandoned. State media reports say hit-and-run accidents have increased in the province in recent years.

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