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A series of photos entitled "My younger brother wants to sleep", in which a schoolgirl is seen taking care of her younger brother during class, recently went viral on the Chinese internet. The girl in the photo, Long Zhanghuan, is from a small village in Central China's Hunan Province. The boy she is looking after is her 2-year-old cousin. more ›

As part of their "spectators" series, Netease put out this excellent photo set taken of the "Chinese Pioneers in Africa" (拓荒非洲的中国人) this week. We've seen some excellent galleries on the subject before, but not often from Chinese media. These pictures capture the life of the Chinese living in Africa in Côte d'Ivoire, Angola, Zambia, South Africa, and Senegal. more ›

Finally, it seems like migrant parents might have an easier time here. Shanghai is aiming to be the first Chinese city to offer free education for all "school-age" children of working migrants, with both public and private elementary and middle schools receiving government money to improve facilities and teachers. Already 97.3 percent of the 400,000 children of migrant workers are enrolled in schools, China Daily reported Wednesday. The idea is that the remaining 2.7 percent, or 10,000 non-local kids, will be able to benefit from free education like the rest of the gang. more ›

The Global Post is currently featuring an interactive online exhibit that portrays an "intimate look at China's migrant workers." Besides stories and pictures, they also have video slideshows and audio translations of actual migrant workers' thoughts. more ›

When migrants move from their villages to look for jobs in the big city, they often don't take the kids. According to a recent press report, as many as one out of six children in China - 58 million - are left behind with town elders. This video is about some of the “left behind” children in the southern provinces of China. Source:McClatchy more ›

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CHINESE police have rescued 33 intellectually disabled people forced to work at a building site by slave labour merchants after the apparent suicide of a detainee alerted authorities.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently published a report about how much income you need in order to be classified as white-collar in various Chinese cities. At the top of the list was Hong Kong, where you needed to make at least 18,500 RMB. As for some of the other cities:The benchmarks in some major cities at the upper end are: 8,900 yuan ($1,194) in Macao, 5,350 yuan ($717) in Shanghai, 5,280 yuan ($708)... more ›