Survival of the migrant workers

Author: Li Xiaobing
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This is the signature work of the renowned Shaanxi writer Li Xiaobing, the literary script for the first Chinese TV drama of 2005 titled "Construction Workers," which tells the story of a group of urban marginalized workers—migrant laborers—struggling in the modern metropolis. The novel authentically records the little-known truths of a group of neglected migrant laborers legally pursuing their meager hard-earned wages, only to be lured, deceived, disabled, and even killed. It candidly exposes the brutal faces of unscrupulous construction contractors who gang up, illegally profit, and exploit migrant laborers. Here is a real world, without exaggeration or pretense—everything is the blood and tears of their lives. Reading it will surely move you to tears. A touching story that focuses on the living conditions of ordinary people, a shocking work that speaks of the dignity of life and the goodness and evil of human nature. This is a story that happens around you and me—a story of ordinary people filled with hardship yet full of hope. Songjiang City, a small town on the northeastern border. A group of migrant laborers from all over the country pour their sweat onto the future dreams of city dwellers just to survive. They suffer humiliation for the wages they deserve, and they rise up in resistance because their rights are violated.