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Currently, China is home to some 260 million migrant workers – all largely hidden from view because they do ‘the dirty, heavy work the public doesn’t see’. Chinese Dreamer follows the 18-year-old Wanghao as he travels from his rural farm to Beijing to help support his struggling family. Wanghao dreams of a better life, but with little education and few skills, he struggles to envision something other than difficult, thankless times ahead.
Directors: Sharron Lovell, Tom Wang
Website: ChinaFile
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Politics and government
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Biography and memoir
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The ancient world
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Engineering
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Architecture
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Work
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Art
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The ancient world
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Death
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