What Can Be Done
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-Fair Trade agreements from foreign nations.
-Educate the future.
-Provide cheaper, yet proper education for the low-income and migrant children.
-Lifting rural restrictions, such as those from the Hukou system (household register), to ease up discrimination.
-Ensure the security and welfare of migrant children, both psychological and physical damage/illnesses.
-Increase the minimum wage.
-Educate the future.
-Provide cheaper, yet proper education for the low-income and migrant children.
-Lifting rural restrictions, such as those from the Hukou system (household register), to ease up discrimination.
-Ensure the security and welfare of migrant children, both psychological and physical damage/illnesses.
-Increase the minimum wage.
What Your Country (Outside of China) Can Do
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One way your country can work with China to help solve these problems is through fair trade. There are many foreign companies that hire China to produce various parts for their products, or at times, the whole product itself. Often times, the people working in these factories are migrant workers. When the foreign companies don't pay an adequate amount to the company that own these factories, the migrant workers will feel the impact. In order for the factories to cut costs while maintaining a hefty profit, the migrant workers are forced to work longer hours with minimal pay. Foreign companies could also work harder to make sure the local Chinese companies treat their workers well, pressuring them if they don't.
The vicious cycle will never end if people stand idle and watch. Without the needed money, the migrant children don't get sufficient education for them to get higher-paying jobs. At most, these children will only restart the cycle over again, as they also become migrant workers themselves.
The vicious cycle will never end if people stand idle and watch. Without the needed money, the migrant children don't get sufficient education for them to get higher-paying jobs. At most, these children will only restart the cycle over again, as they also become migrant workers themselves.
What China Should Do
The Chinese government should work on lifting certain restrictions against the rural citizens in their Hukou system. They should provide proper education for the rural children, which would in turn, not only benefit the rural children, but also China as a whole. Educating every class in the country would make them a more intelligent country as a whole. It would be bad for China if a generation of rural children were left uneducated. It would leave them behind in the future when other countries have advanced much further. The government could also provide better safety measures for the migrant workers that work in dangerous areas. Mining accidents has caused high numbers of deaths in China. A great number of migrant workers work as miners and their deaths have a great impact on their children. The children receive a tough blow on the financial side as well as the mental side of losing a beloved one that they rarely got to see in the first place.
What Has Already Been Achieved
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There are quite a few improvements that have already been made. China has taken small, but important steps that ease up the tension and keep the migrant workers from too much abuse. The largest support of the whole country is Guangzhou, although many other provinces are also following suit (Li, Wenfang). While college is the only way for any Chinese citizen to actually be accepted by any number of companies, the competition is very tough. The migrant children have the worst of the disadvantages due to their lack of sufficient education. Even so, that does not mean that the children, along with local government aid, cannot succeed in life (Wu, Chen). The Guangzhou government has already pledged to increase funding for migrant/low-income workers. Although this is just one province, keep in mind that the province of Guangzhou houses the largest transient population. Therefore, all this support is going to the largest migrant population in China. The pledges are especially protective of migrant or low-income working women, with much right to do so (Li, Wenfang). While this may seem discriminating, the truth is that China is one of the most discriminating countries towards women, with the exception of most Arabic Muslim states. These pledges, planned for the coming decade, are also targeted to lower the cost of schools, both government-owned and independent, if the schools house a large population of migrant/low-income/left-behind/disabled girls, which, again, may seem discriminating, yet studies have shown that there are more problems with migrant boys than girls, giving girls a statistical advantage to succeed (Public Schooling) (Li, Xiaowei).
On March 10th, 2012, China has started to consider the idea of introducing a new residential permit system. However, right now, every Chinese in China is still required to have a hukou. The government is thinking of having several big cities adopt to a new residential permit system that enables the user to adopt a residential permit of that city. This will allow citizens without a hukou of that city to still enjoy the same social welfare benefits (Xinhua, "China Considers Scrapping Hukou...").
On March 10th, 2012, China has started to consider the idea of introducing a new residential permit system. However, right now, every Chinese in China is still required to have a hukou. The government is thinking of having several big cities adopt to a new residential permit system that enables the user to adopt a residential permit of that city. This will allow citizens without a hukou of that city to still enjoy the same social welfare benefits (Xinhua, "China Considers Scrapping Hukou...").
In order to create a better world, we need diplomacy. There are too many underprivileged children that are ready to change their own lives for the better. We want to give these children a fair chance for their futures. It is time to change the way of our world, and help the children of our future.
Let not the gap between the rich and the poor grow any further.
Let not the gap between the rich and the poor grow any further.