침체에 빠진 중국 경제
침체에 빠진 중국 경제
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They started preparing early in Uyechi village where the Lunar New Year 음력설 is the time to welcome home the sons and daughters who make up ~을 구성하다 China’s army of migrant workers. Men like Zhang, 12 years as a migrant, but returning this year with empty pockets after losing his job. “I wonder what will happen next year. What do I do? What should I do?”
Officials say nearly 70,000 businesses have closed in the coastal regions that were china’s export power house. They estimate that 10 million migrants have already returned to the countryside they had left for a better life. “They have no unemployment insurance.” Uyechi, once just farmland, was built with migrant money. Half the village are migrants.
Between New Year toasts 건배, painful conversations about shuttered factories. Three of those at this table have lost their jobs. “I work for the shoe factory for a year. It started going bad in September. Then in December, the company collapsed 무너지다, 맥없이 주저앉다.” Wang Shan and his wife, Park Mi Kyung, invited us to join them for New Year dinner. Both migrants, they’re still working, but worried about the future. They’ve heard about government offers of retraining, but told us the good life the village has built may now be at risk.
The Zhan Chin area still welcomed the New Year with a bang. 2009 is a Year of the Ox which is supposed to represent prosperities 번영, 성공 through hard work. A shattered 산산이 부서진 dream for those now returning home. Ian Williams, NBC News,