Boy lives with granny in Chinese industrial town where illegal i

A boy, whose mother works in Europe, lives with his grandmother in China's northeastern rustbelt. The boy's mother fled for Paris three years ago, and now works in a Chinese restaurant in Rotterdam. .Millions of workers have been laid-off as China restructures its economy, making way for nimble manufacturing bases down south. Thousands of unemployed workers from Tieling have fled to Europe as clandestine immigrants..Picture taken by Justin Jin in Tieling city, Liaoning Province, China, 11-2003

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A boy, whose mother works in Europe, lives with his grandmother in China's northeastern rustbelt. The boy's mother fled for Paris three years ago, and now works in a Chinese restaurant in Rotterdam. .Millions of workers have been laid-off as China restructures its economy, making way for nimble manufacturing bases down south. Thousands of unemployed workers from Tieling have fled to Europe as clandestine immigrants..Picture taken by Justin Jin in Tieling city, Liaoning Province, China, 11-2003