Human Migration

Lunar New Year travel scramble gets under way

27 Jan 2013

In big cities such as Guangzhou, huge queues formed at the entrances to main train stations, as shown by texts and photos posted on Sina Weibo.

Brain drain should send message to China's leaders

6 Jan 2013

A former New Zealand prime minister once laughed off emigration of his young compatriots to Australia as an IQ boost for both countries. But a brain drain is no joke. Few developing countries can...

Exodus of China's rich and skilled for better lives

19 Dec 2012

More than 150,000 mainlanders obtained overseas citizenship last year, making China the world's biggest source of immigrants, a report released this week says.

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Grain finds in Yunnan province may shed light on a Bronze Age civilisation

9 Dec 2012

Pottery and grains traditionally found in northern China were recently unearthed in the southwestern province of Yunnan, renewing a long-standing debate about how Chinese civilisation evolved in...

China's urbanisation challenge

20 Sep 2012

This year marks a watershed in Chinese urbanisation: for the first time in China's history, over half of its people now live in the city. With an average of over one percentage point added to the...

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Briefs

Book charts Breivik's e-mails prior to attacks

Migrant student policy a lesson in disappointment

Migrant workers who have been fighting for their children's right to attend high school and sit university entrance exams in Shanghai, instead of being forced to return to their hometowns, are...

Brain drain

Do you think that incentives offered to doctors at public hospitals, including fast-track promotions and extra cash for emergency ward duty, will slow their exodus to the private sector?

Helpers demand right to live away from employers

Domestic workers complained of being treated like 'slaves' yesterday as they protested against a ban on living outside their employers' homes, and demanded that rules protecting their rights are...

Big increase in job vacancies for graduates

University graduates have been warned not to set their hopes too high despite a big increase in vacancies registered with an employment service.

Visa rules tighten for foreigners

China's top legislature has endorsed a tighter immigration regulation aimed primarily at foreign illegal workers.