This month's main feature articles visit Eastern Guizhou to find out how Miao migrants from rural communities fare in urban labour markets and profile Xie Lihua, a prominent women’s activist and advocate for rural women. A first person article also tells the story of Zhang Xuanbao, a 24-year old migrant working in Beijing who measures only fractionally more than 1 metre in height. These plus our usual selection of shorter news briefs.

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