Metropolises in the hope of finding a decent job. For years they were absorbed into city life after all, they were a key factor in chinas economic miracle. But many are still treated as third class citizens, and arent even officially registered. Its estimated that there are 282 million Migrant Workers across china. Beijings population alone has trebled over the past 25 years. Authorities say its too much. They want millions of the Migrant Workers to leave. Reporter these Migrant Workers have been evicted from their homes in xinjian village on the outskirts of beijing. They have to be out by dawn. Mr. Liu has to find shelter for himself and his workers. He came to beijing 23 years ago, and eventually became the owner of a small textiles workshop. Now they have to pack everything into a truck and leave. Tomorrow, the building could be demolished. Liu two weeks ago there was a fire here in one of the buildings. The next day officials came and told us we had three days to leave. I said, th
Theres very little room for the more than seven million residents. But there are plenty of buyers for luxury apartments a profitable business for real estate companies. Buying an apartment is barely affordable even for the middle class its long been the norm for them to spend half their income on rent or a mortgage. For many, hong kong is a housing nightmare. Because of her efforts to help, today shes visiting the home of 13yearold chak ming. Owners here have subdivided many of the apartments into minilodgings, known as shoeboxes. With just a parttime job and welfare, all this mother and child can afford are about twoandahalf square meters, with a bunk bed and a small table. The mother cries a lot, and wishes she could provide Something Better for her son. Our apartment should really be big enough so that my son and i can move around freely. Here, its so small that we can only enter the room one at a time. Reporter chak ming wont tell his classmates how he lives hes too ashamed. Most p
It has been especially dangerous for members of the media working in syria, afghanistan, iraq, and yemen. With its convoluted relationship between politics and organized crime, the most dangerous country outside a war zone is mexico. The power of the pen. In his work, political cartoonist Rafael Pineda exposes the dangers that journalists face in mexico. Rafael mexicos not a good place for freedom of expression. Were attacked, tortured, kidnapped, murdered. Rafael pinedas work makes him a thorn in the side of mexicos drug kingpins and corrupt politicians. That puts his life in danger. Rafael once, after a party, i got in the car. It was early in the morning, a grey day. And then i saw a message that had been left on the back of the car keep quiet. I saw it in the rearview mirror. I was badly shaken. He defied the threat and carried on working. Pineda knows he cant expect any protection from the police or the courts. On the contrary rafael if a journalist is found murdered, theyre made
It has been especially dangerous for members of the media working in syria, afghanistan, iraq, and yemen. With its convoluted relationship between politics and organized crime, the most dangerous country outside a war zone is mexico. The power of the pen. In his work, political cartoonist Rafael Pineda exposes the dangers that journalists face in mexico. Rafael mexicos not a good place for freedom of expression. Were attacked, tortured, kidnapped, murdered. Rafael pinedas work makes him a thorn in the side of mexicos drug kingpins and corrupt politicians. That puts his life in danger. Rafael once, after a party, i got in the car. It was early in the morning, a grey day. And then i saw a message that had been left on the back of the car keep quiet. I saw it in the rearview mirror. I was badly shaken. He defied the threat and carried on working. Pineda knows he cant expect any protection from the police or the courts. On the contrary rafael if a journalist is found murdered, theyre made
Perfectly . By moving in shoals, fish are less likely to be eaten by predators. But are there other reasons too . And how do monarch butterflies always know to migrate to the same region in mexico every year even though theyve never been there before . Nature is full of mysteries like these. And there are so many questions still to be answered. Our reporter Jurgen Schneider visited zambias Kasanka National Park to witness the worlds greatest mammal migration. Jurgen it gets busy in october in zambias Kasanka National Park. Thats when the fruit bats arrive. The bats come from the drc, but also other colonies in zambia. They come here because this time of the year the fruits are ready theyre ripened. Mainly, theyre feeding on local masuku fruits and waterberries, but also other fruit they just have in the villages like mango and bananas any fruit they can find. Every time i see it its amazing. I mean, its funny, at the start of the bat season when the bats first started arriving, we deci