1.20世纪90年代以来,大批民工流入沿海大城市
2.民工对城市的建设所做的贡献
3.民工的大量流入可能带来的问题
(1Theearly-1990sfindsanunprecedentedtideofruralworkersfloodingintobigcitiessuchasShanghai,Guangzhou,andBeijing.(2)Accordingtoarecentsurvey,inShanghaialonetherearemorethan2.5millionmigrantworkers.
(3)Thereisanambivalentfeelingtowardsruralworkers.(4)Noonedeniestheimportantcontributionruralworkershavemadetotheurbandevelopment.(5)Theyhavedonemostofdirty,dangerousandunderpaidjobsinheavyindustries,constructionsitesandotherfieldsthatcityresidentsareunwillingtoenter.(6)Theyhavebecomeanindispensablepartofurbanlifetoapointwherethemachineryofacityconnotoperatewithoutthosecogs,thoughsmallandunnoticed.(7)Yetananti-migrantattituderunsconsistentlythroughthemainstreamofurbanconsciousness.(8)Cityresidentscomplainthatmigrantworkershaveworsenedtrafficandsanitationproblemsandhavethreatenedtotakealreadyscarceurbanjobs.(9)Theyalsoblamethemforthesharpriseintheurbancrimerate.
(10)Despitetheproblemsposedbymigrants,onethingiscertain:agrand,prosperousedificeofthecityisbasedontheworkofmillionsofmigrantworkers.
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