Shipping Containers serve Migrant Workers

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(1) Jonathan Kaiman, In Beijing, Shipping Containers Double as Community Center. Los Angeles Times, Nov 7, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nati ... er-schools-20111107,0,1812026.story

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"Their classrooms at a 19-container community center in Heiqiao Village, a dusty sprawl in suburban Beijing, had survived a summer run of local government closures and demolitions of more than 30 schools for migrant children in the Beijing area. Almost 15,000 youths lost their gathering places for studying and socializing.

"According to recent census data, about 7 million migrants live in Beijing, making up roughly a third of the city's population.

Now the organization believes the shipping container setup in Heiqiao "can survive, said Yin Chia, communications manager. * * * 'We can just put the center on a truck and move with the community,' she said, adding, 'Donors are … very concerned about the sustainability of their donations. We can't be sustainable if we keep getting demolished.'

Note:
(a) Heiqiao Village  北京市朝阳区 崔各庄乡 黑桥村
(b) Compassion for Migrant Children  打工子弟爱心会
(c) Beigao Village  北京市朝阳区崔各庄乡 北皋村

(2) 中国媒体吁查富豪财富来源 遏制移民. VOA Chinese, Nov 7, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ches-133353083.html

(3)
(a) 中共施压尼泊尔以阻止声援西藏抗议. VOA Chinese, Nov 7, 2011.
(b) 达赖喇嘛批中国对藏政策是“文化灭绝.” VOA Chinese, Nov 7, 2011.

(4) 中国耕地重金属超标危及食品安全. BBC Chinese, Nov 7, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ina_pollution.shtml
("在广州召开的2011年中华环保民间组织可持续发展年会上，中国国家环境保护部总工程师万本太表示，根据今年上半年国家环保部组织的全国土壤污染调查结果， 中国受污染的耕地约有1.5亿亩，污灌污染耕地3250万亩，固废堆存占地200万亩，合计约有10%的耕地面积重金属超标问题突出")

(5) 李光耀因患神经病变致走路不稳. BBC Chinese, Nov 7, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... re_lee_health.shtml