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Longing for A Job
Pictured is a woman holding a job advertisement for female workers in a bustling city in Pearl River Delta. An EO special report looks at the gloomy employment situation in the Pearl River and Changjiang River Delta, China's export manufacturing cradle. Numerous migrant-workers returned to these areas after China's lunar new year to look for a new job. But countless export-oriented firms there have shut down or reduced production after a sharp decline in demands since the US financial crisis set in last Autumn. Millions of fresh 2009 graduates will increase the already enormous pressure in the employment market.
Original article: [Chinese]