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 / Modified sep 22, 2011 1:34 p.m.

POV: Last Train Home

Travel with a Chinese couple, part of the 130 million migrant workers who journey to their home villages for the New Year. Tuesday at 11 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

POV_last-train_spotlight The Zhangs are crowded by passengers at Guangzhou Railway Station, heading home for Chinese New Year.
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Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year in the world’s largest human migration. Last Train Home takes viewers on a heart-stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life. They return to a family growing distant and a daughter longing to leave school for unskilled work. As the Zhangs navigate their new world, this award-winning film paints a rich human portrait of China’s rush to economic development.

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Tuesday at 11 p.m. on PBS-HD.

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