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Thu 03 Mar 2009Fear of unrest over rise in jobless migrant workers
China fears the destabilising effect of fewer jobs for transient workers, who keep country communities going, writes CLIFFORD COONANin Beijing
THE CHINESE government has revised upwards the number of out-of-work migrant workers from 20 million to 23 million since January’s Lunar New Year holiday, with 11 million of those who returned to cities still trying to find a job.
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