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1、ChineseMigrantsReturntoRuralRootsLaidOffbyStrugglingFactoriesinDistantCities,LaborersFindFewProspectsBackHomeByLaurenKeaneWashingtonPostForeignServiceFriday,January2,2009;A08WANZHOU,China--Bythetimetheirtrainpulledintoitsfinalstation,DengHongshuandhisteenagesonhadbeens
2、tandinginapackedaisle,shouldertoshoulder,for38hours.LikemanyoftheirfellowmigrantlaborersonTrain1009fromGuangzhou,theywereoutofworkandheadedhome.TheirbossattheAmericanOverseasFurFactorylaidoffhalfofhis300workerswithoutpayforthreemonths.Hetriedtobereassuring:Americanswil
3、lstartbuyingagainaftertheLunarNewYearholidayinlateJanuary,hesaid.Comebacktoyourjobsthen.SoDeng,a43-year-oldmanwithshaggyhair,kindeyesandaneasygait,andhisson,Yixin,17,packedtheirbelongingsintotwosmallredduffelbagsandbeganthethree-dayjourneyfromShenzhen,inGuangdongprovin
4、ce,totheirhomeinthemountainshighabovetheYangtzeRiverincentralChina.TheyareamongthemillionsofworkerswhohavepoweredChina'seconomicjuggernaut,butnowtheyareretreatingtotheirruralroots.Theirfutureisuncertain.Manydonotknowwhethertheywillhavejobsagaininthefactories.Whattheywi
5、lldobackhomewithoutworkisequallyunclear,buttheirexpectationshavebeenraisedbyyearsalongChina'sprosperouseasterncoast.Manysaythatafterabreakathomewiththeirfamilies,theywillheadrightbacktothefactoriestotrytheirluckagain."Whatchoice?Thereisnochoice,"Dengsaid."OfcourseI'mgo
6、ingback,ifnottoShenzhen,thensomewhereelse.Ifwestayhereandfarm,wecaneatbutwemakenomoneyforanythingelse.Atleastbackthere,there'sthepossibilityofworkwhenthingsgetbetter."Dengandhissonhadspentmostofthepastfourmonthsstandingknee-deepinhotvatsofdye,ananimalskininonehandandas
7、pearintheother.Theypickedtheskinsfromapileinacornerandplungedthemintothesteamingliquid,thenfishedthemoutagainwiththeirspearsandhauledthem,heavyanddrippingwet,toadryingrackacrosstheroom.Despitefactory-issuedrubberbootsandthinclothmasks,theysaid,workerssometimeslosttheir
8、footingorpassedoutfromthefumes.TheDengschosetoworkovertime,12hoursaday,sixorsevendaysaweek,fortheequivalentof$6adaypl
