migrants

www.telegraph.co.uk — One sad side effect of China's economic miracle: 23 million children under the age of five now live apart from both their parents, who have left home to find work in the country's cities, according to a newly released statistic.

www.viddler.com — An insightful short documentary on rural life in Northern China's Heilongjiang province. The video explores how life in China's vast countryside is changing as it becomes harder and harder to make a living from the land. In search of better opportunities for work and for their children, farmers are forced to rent out their land for marginal sums and move to urban areas.

www.cityweekend.com.cn — In Fan Lixin’s Last Train Home(归途列车), the lens zooms in on China’s migrant workers, exploring the underside of China’s glorious economic development. Fan follows a migrant couple who have been working away from home for over 16 years to fund their children’s education.