China - Shaanxi - Family have lunch while children play cards

Eight year old school girl Xiao Chen, plays a game of cards with a friend, whilst her grandmother finishes off the lunch they have just enjoyed. Chen's grandfather returns from farm chores (in background), Dong Da Jian village, Shaanxi province. Chen's grandparents are farmers and own a minute plot of land from which they derive a subsistence income. As a consequence of this Chen's parents are migrant workers whom live and work in the factories of Guangzhou city . Since her birth they have seen Chen four short times, therefore she is largely brought up by the grandparents a phenomenon that affects millions of working families in China's rapid industrial expansion

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Eight year old school girl Xiao Chen, plays a game of cards with a friend, whilst her grandmother finishes off the lunch they have just enjoyed. Chen's grandfather returns from farm chores (in background), Dong Da Jian village, Shaanxi province. Chen's grandparents are farmers and own a minute plot of land from which they derive a subsistence income. As a consequence of this Chen's parents are migrant workers whom live and work in the factories of Guangzhou city . Since her birth they have seen Chen four short times, therefore she is largely brought up by the grandparents a phenomenon that affects millions of working families in China's rapid industrial expansion