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Workers feel China's slowdown

Grit HofmannFebruary 8, 2016

2015 marked the end of China's economic boom. Moderate growth in single digits, stock market turbulence, and a drop in consumer confidence. Beijing reacted to the shifts by devaluing the yuan, to make its exports cheaper. But there's a whole group of people the government can do little for - itinerant laborers, who make up a fifth of the population. They're the first ones to feel China's slowdown.

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