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Migrant Villages Blamed for Shanghai Covid Outbreak Face Demolition
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1:14Now PlayingMigrant workers have lived on the edge of China's wealthiest cities, powering the hubs with their labor. Now, tens of thousands of them in Shanghai are facing renewed threats of eviction over Covid outbreak fears, reports Charlie Zhu.
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Like many other major Chinese cities, Shanghai has for years been razing and redeveloping the densely populated neighborhoods — known as “cheng zhong cun” or “villages within a city” — to make room for new residential and commercial complexes to drive growth in the world’s second-largest economy. This year, the demolition in Shanghai is gathering pace.
Authorities have put eight more villages on the chopping block following the two-month lockdown in the spring, according to public documents. The evictions will push workers to cheaper homes even further away from the city center or back to their hometowns, raising the potential for social backlash or even unrest.
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