A Chinese girl waits for thrown-away at an outdoor food market frequented by tourists in downtown Beijing April 3, 2009. The threat of social instability is one of the biggest worries stalking the Chinese economy in this year of political anniversaries. Chen Xiwen, a senior rural planning official, said last month that approximately 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs since the financial crisis began last year. That's about the same number of jobs China shed over four years during the reform of state-owned enterprises in the mid-1990s. The fear is that these workers will take to t
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A Chinese girl waits for thrown-away at an outdoor food market frequented by tourists in downtown Beijing April 3, 2009. The threat of social instability is one of the biggest worries stalking the Chinese economy in this year of political anniversaries. Chen Xiwen, a senior rural planning official, said last month that approximately 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs since the financial crisis began last year. That's about the same number of jobs China shed over four years during the reform of state-owned enterprises in the mid-1990s. The fear is that these workers will take to the streets in anger. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)