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This gallery is from the continuing documentation of Dongguan in Guangdong province, China. Please view each individual image for caption information.
  • A migrant worker, heading home for various reasons, sits waiting at a central bus station in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Migrant workers, heading home for various reasons, waiting to load their luggage on a bus at a central bus station in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • A migrant worker, heading home for various reasons, reads a sign on a bus heading for Sichuan at one of the main bus stations in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Two women knit sweaters to fill their days after being laid off from Smart Union Toy company in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Mr. Yang, a 41 year old native of Guizhou, sits on his bed in his home in Dongguan, China. Mr. Yang had worked for a paper company until the company shed 50% of its work force and then asked the remaining staff to take a 40% wage cut, Mr. Yang quit and is currently looking for new work. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Mr. Yang, a 35 year old native of Guizhou province at his home in Dongguan, China. Mr. Yang worked for Smart Union for just under a year before being laid off went the company went bankrupt on October 15. Mr. Yang will stay in Dongguan because he has heard a rumor that the government will reopen Smart Union and everyone will get their jobs back. He stays home waiting. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Wu Zhi Kun, a former supervisor at the Progressive Plastic Metal Stationary Products Company, stands in an alleyway near his home in Dongguan, China. Mr. Wu was fired, on November 1st when the company shed 50% of its staff, after 11 years of service as his company is on the verge of bankruptcy; and is finishing a few final orders before closing down. He says he and other workers are owed a significant amount of backpay, which he feels he may never see. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Unemployed worker fill out applications in a park next to a job fair in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Two security guards look over the wall in to the former, it's been closed for 2 weeks, Polaris Electrical Component Factory in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Migrant workers, heading home for various reasons, make their way through one of the bus stations in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Crowds of unemployed men and women make their way through a job fair in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • An unemployed man (center) is interviewed by a shoe company at a job fair in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • An unemployed women interviews for a job at a shoe factory at an outdoor job fair in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • An unemployed man (right) gets a second interview form filled out at an outdoor job fair Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • An unemployed woman is interviewed by a shoe company at an outdoor job fair in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • A Smart Union factory in Dongguan, China. Smart Union, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closed down on October 15th leaving 7000 workers out of a job - many owed months of back salary as well. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • A Smart Union factory in Dongguan, China. Smart Union, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closed down on October 15th leaving 7000 workers out of a job - many owed months of back salary as well. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • A woman cleans the streets at the housing compound built for workers at the former, it's been closed for 2 weeks, Polaris Electrical Component Factory in Dongguan, China. The housing compound is now almost empty as all the workers have moved on to other jobs or moved back to their home provinces. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Empty telephone booths at the housing compound built for workers at the former, it's been closed for 2 weeks, Polaris Electrical Component Factory in Dongguan, China. The housing compound is now almost empty as all the workers have moved on to other jobs or moved back to their home provinces. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Looking down on the inner compound at the former, it has been closed for 4 months, Guo Sheng Shoe Factory in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Shoe tags on the ground at the former, it has been closed for 4 months, Guo Sheng Shoe Factory in Dongguan, China. Labels including GAP and Florence that this factory outsourced for. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • A production room at the former, it has been closed for 4 months, Guo Sheng Shoe Factory in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Stairs leading up to the dormitory at a former, it has been closed for 4 months, Guo Sheng Shoe Factory in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • An outdoor sitting area at the former, it has been closed for 4 months, Guo Sheng Shoe Factory in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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  • Looking down at several factories in Dongguan, China. Dongguan has been hard hit the last few months as the economies of rich countries falter. Export demand has been reduced and companies that were operating on the margins have folded leaving thousands of migrant workers with tough choices. By photographer Ryan Pyle
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