From Spiegel:
They represent workers without rights, autistic children and the environment. The Communist Party eyes them suspiciously, but allows them to exist — so long as they make no political demands. China’s nascent non-governmental organizations are beginning to help those left behind by the country’s economic boom.
Death wafts from the White River, which no longer has anything in common with its name. The surface is covered with brown scum, black streaks coat the sand, and fish long ago died out. But the toxic river is also contaminating the ground water along its banks. [Full Text]
See also Photo Gallery: Helping Those Left Behind in China by Spiegel.
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