We have come to the closing of our first More Than Migrants Series. All the Series we have been publishing present topics that are diverse and hard to fully expose in a series of articles, but the topic of Migrants has particulary befuddled us for its vastness. Everyone seems to be a migrant in Shanghai:…
Every week since April 2018, B人BEL delivers a program in a migrant school in Shanghai, which focuses on arts for empowerment. In one of our classes, students represented themselves in the present through visuals and shared their dreams through voice recording, which resulted in the video you can see below, as part of our MoreThanMigrants…
By 王竹青 Liu Qingyun was sitting on a wooden stool next to the sidewalk and looked at the row of bicycles in front of her. She was dressed in a work uniform with the words “Traffic Warden” written on it. I assumed that she was coordinating the parking of bicycles there, so I stepped up…
By Marcella M. The first time I went to China, I arrived just a few days before the Spring Festival. All around me were people looking busier than ever, standing in seemingly endless lines, carrying massive bags and packages. At the time, I did not know these scenes were part of the annual ritual of…
By 王竹青 When I met Yan Xiang, he was pushing a janitorial cart on the second floor of the M mall. When I asked to interview him, he smiled and started to work faster. I told him quickly that I could wait until he finished his work. After finishing his work, he led us through…
A series by photographer Hibshy Samsadin “After being unsettled by the prospects of a financial career in the United Kingdom, I packed my bags, camera, and Hawaiian shirts and flew to China. Over the following year, I’ve had the honour to collaborate alongside an array of NGOs, Journalists, and communities to help children with congenital…
By Zhuqing Wang Walking through the bustling city of Shanghai, you may notice that there are many people who struggle to stick to their daily jobs. They may not sit in office cubicles, they may not hit keyboards as fast as they can, they may not wear suits or carry briefcases, but they work hard…
MIGRANT: a person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to find work. A migrant is anyone who moves from one place to another in the hope of finding better opportunities. In China, the topic of migration is connected to the hukou system: a system of household registration. The hukou system…