Dongguan Dingyi Shoes Company is set to close at the start of September. Photo: Huifeng He
Dongguan Dingyi Shoes Company is set to close at the start of September. Photo: Huifeng He

China’s migrant workers facing end of an era as the world’s factory winds down amid coronavirus, US-China trade war

  • China’s 290 million migrant workers have been the hardest hit by the coronavirus having already been under pressure from the US-China trade war
  • One worker, Rao Dequn, has worked for 25 years in Chinese factories making goods for overseas markets, but will lose her job in less than a month

Dongguan Dingyi Shoes Company is set to close at the start of September. Photo: Huifeng He
Dongguan Dingyi Shoes Company is set to close at the start of September. Photo: Huifeng He
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