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https://scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1507610/nowhere-call-home-tale-tibetan-migrant-worker-beijing
Lifestyle/ Arts & Culture

Nowhere to Call Home - The tale of a Tibetan migrant worker in Beijing

Jocelyn Ford's documentary sheds insight into the lives of Tibetans and the struggles they must endure in greater China

Jocelyn Ford and Zanta in Beijing. Photo: Alice Carfrae

There are over 10,000 Tibetans living in Beijing, many of them migrant workers that have moved to the Chinese capital from impoverished regions where the illiteracy rate lies at about 45 per cent. 

With many migrants lacking language skills and facing discrimination, their chances for work are limited - particularly in areas predominently filled with Han Chinese.