Saturday, December 9, 2017

Beijing forces migrant workers from their homes

Beijing (CNN)Modern Beijing was built on the backs of low-paid migrants like Zhao Guihua.

The 50-something cook and cleaner is one of thousands of people critics say have been forced from their homes in the past two weeks as part of a drive by the municipal government to shut down what it claims is unsafe and overcrowded housing. Now homeless, she's selling all her possessions and preparing to return to her village -- hundreds of miles away in Henan province in central China.


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