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Shanghai has grown ever since Deng Xiapoing declared the city as the "Head of the Dragon" in 1922, effectively making it the economic motor for the entire country. Housing developments multiply with breath taking speed; entire districts are demolished, the residents are relocated, multi-level roads are built into the cityscape as new districts are selected for development. Thousands of migrant workers stream into the city that are not legally permitted to stay there; they have no insurance and they live in tiny apartments. The "Absentees" are at the same time the very workforce that tear down the old districts, build the new housing developments, who sit on the telephone at the Call Center, or who earn meager wages as barbers or masseuses. They form a substantial part of the motor of the Chinese economy.
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