Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP
Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP
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Chinese cities shut out migrants at their own cost

Hsiao-Hung Pai says discrimination fuels alienation and protest action

HSIAO-HUNG PAI

Updated: 2:32am, 5 Nov, 2012

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Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP
Migrant workers watching a video on a laptop under a self-built shelter shared with several hundred others in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP
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