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Reassessing the Phenomenon of Rural-to-urban Migrant Worker Tide

In: Neoliberalism or Neocollective Rural China

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  • Xinyu Lu

    (East China Normal University)

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Since the “reform and open up” of the late 1980s, China has experienced a high tide of rural-to-urban migrant workers (mingong chao). Back then, the media termed this migration a “blind rush” (mangliu). Every year, before and after the Spring Festival, this rush peaked, as migrants moved back and forth from their hometowns. This holiday period was also the peak of the media coverage of the migrant worker problem. In the nineties, the income gap between rural and urban areas continuously expanded, and the number of rural residents migrating into the city increased rapidly. This tide of migrants quickly became a huge wound on Chinese society and could no longer be concealed.

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  • Xinyu Lu, 2024. "Reassessing the Phenomenon of Rural-to-urban Migrant Worker Tide," Springer Books, in: Neoliberalism or Neocollective Rural China, chapter 0, pages 329-343, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-4791-8_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4791-8_14
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