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Labor shortage helps workers stay closer to home
Updated: 2011-03-03 10:39
(chinadaily.com.cn)
A man works at an electronic company in Xiantao, Central China's Hubei province, March 2, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] |
New recruits work on a food assembly line at a company in Xiantao, Central China's Hubei province, March 2, 2011. Xiantao has traditionally been a place where residents leave to go to other big cities for jobs, but the city has been hit hard by a shortage of 20,000 workers, leaving textile and food companies to push harder to attract local workers, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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