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A Man From China Pursued U.S. Asylum. Deportation Sent Him Home Again

A Chinese man crossed dangerous jungles to enter the United States, in a failed bid for asylum. After being deported home in 2023, he faced a choice: stay or try to leave again?

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Tao was part of a record-breaking wave of undocumented Chinese migrants who had made harrowing journeys through the jungles of Central America to the United States.
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China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.

A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.

© Andrea Verdelli for The New York Times

Outside a maternity hospital in Beijing last year. As of Sept. 1, all employers in China must contribute to benefits for their employees, to support their pensions, medical care, maternity leave and more.
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Too Old, Too Uneducated: Aging Workers in Beijing Struggle for Work

China’s economic slowdown has fallen especially hard on older migrant workers, who often don’t have the technical skills that employers are seeking.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Workers looking for day labor jobs near Majuqiao, in Beijing, around 4 a.m. one day in July. People from around the country gather here every morning for a chance to earn money.
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