When Chinese citizens spoke up

By Kirsty Needham
Updated December 2 2017 - 12:03pm, first published 11:46am
Yan Erjun, 50, a migrant construction worker from Sichuan Province and his wife Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner moving their home by carrying bags on his shoulders at Picun Village in Chaoyang District of Beijing on November 27, 2017. Yan and his wife were given a very short notice to move out from their rented apartment in which power supply was cut off. A notice on the midday of November 27 asks all apartments for rent in the village should be cleared off by 6:00PM of the same day. Later the day, the deadline was postponed to December 1, 2017. Picun Village, in the eastern outskirt of Beijing is home some 20,000 migrant workers as it affords relatively cheap accommodation(from 500-1,000rmb/m). Beijing municipality government has launched a 40-day check and rectification of hidden dangers after a fire in Daxing District of Beijing on November 18 claimed 19lives. The municipalty has been criticized of driving out "low-end" population which Beijing Administration of Work Safety denied on Sunday(November 26). .
Yan Erjun, 50, a migrant construction worker from Sichuan Province and his wife Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner moving their home by carrying bags on his shoulders at Picun Village in Chaoyang District of Beijing on November 27, 2017. Yan and his wife were given a very short notice to move out from their rented apartment in which power supply was cut off. A notice on the midday of November 27 asks all apartments for rent in the village should be cleared off by 6:00PM of the same day. Later the day, the deadline was postponed to December 1, 2017. Picun Village, in the eastern outskirt of Beijing is home some 20,000 migrant workers as it affords relatively cheap accommodation(from 500-1,000rmb/m). Beijing municipality government has launched a 40-day check and rectification of hidden dangers after a fire in Daxing District of Beijing on November 18 claimed 19lives. The municipalty has been criticized of driving out "low-end" population which Beijing Administration of Work Safety denied on Sunday(November 26). .
Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner in Beijing moves her living goods at Picun Village on November 27, 2017 .
Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner in Beijing moves her living goods at Picun Village on November 27, 2017 .
Yuanyuan??????s sister Ting Ting, 9, looks at window at their one-room aparment on November 28, 2017 at Picun Village in Beijing. .
Yuanyuan??????s sister Ting Ting, 9, looks at window at their one-room aparment on November 28, 2017 at Picun Village in Beijing. .
Yan Erjun, 50, a migrant construction worker from Sichuan Province and his wife Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner moving their home by carrying bags on his shoulders at Picun Village in Chaoyang District of Beijing on November 27, 2017. Yan and his wife were given a very short notice to move out from their rented apartment in which power supply was cut off. A notice on the midday of November 27 asks all apartments for rent in the village should be cleared off by 6:00PM of the same day. Later the day, the deadline was postponed to December 1, 2017. Picun Village, in the eastern outskirt of Beijing is home some 20,000 migrant workers as it affords relatively cheap accommodation(from 500-1,000rmb/m). Beijing municipality government has launched a 40-day check and rectification of hidden dangers after a fire in Daxing District of Beijing on November 18 claimed 19lives. The municipalty has been criticized of driving out "low-end" population which Beijing Administration of Work Safety denied on Sunday(November 26). .
Yan Erjun, 50, a migrant construction worker from Sichuan Province and his wife Zhou Xiaomei, 44, a house cleaner moving their home by carrying bags on his shoulders at Picun Village in Chaoyang District of Beijing on November 27, 2017. Yan and his wife were given a very short notice to move out from their rented apartment in which power supply was cut off. A notice on the midday of November 27 asks all apartments for rent in the village should be cleared off by 6:00PM of the same day. Later the day, the deadline was postponed to December 1, 2017. Picun Village, in the eastern outskirt of Beijing is home some 20,000 migrant workers as it affords relatively cheap accommodation(from 500-1,000rmb/m). Beijing municipality government has launched a 40-day check and rectification of hidden dangers after a fire in Daxing District of Beijing on November 18 claimed 19lives. The municipalty has been criticized of driving out "low-end" population which Beijing Administration of Work Safety denied on Sunday(November 26). .
Xu Yuanyuan, 7, doing her math homework by accounting her fingers at grim candle light on November 27, 2017 at Picun Village in Beijing. .
Xu Yuanyuan, 7, doing her math homework by accounting her fingers at grim candle light on November 27, 2017 at Picun Village in Beijing. .
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tenants continue to move out from Picun Village on November 28, 2017 migrant workers get evicted in?? Beijingtenants continue to move out from Picun Village on November 28, 2017
Tenants continue to move out from Picun Village on November 28, 2017. .
Tenants continue to move out from Picun Village on November 28, 2017. .

The Xu siblings were at home in the dark on Tuesday, sisters Yuanyuan and Tingting struggling to do their maths homework by candlelight. Brother Zhihan, four, wrapped in a padded jacket and blanket, was distressed that his face was cold.

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