2019-04-25

In a Chinese border town, officials try a new approach to immigration
Their decision to allow in foreign workers is a welcome change. More is needed
原文来源：The Economist 2019-4-18

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https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-04-25/

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spends part of the year on farms
一年的部分时间

The job he has secured

in search of work

when demand for labour spikes

to rise quickly and reach a high value 迅速升值；急剧增值
The US dollar spiked to a three-month high.
美元猛然升值到三个月来的最高价。

One is massive internal migration that has hollowed out poorer parts of the country,
挖空

The other is the shrinking of China’s labour supply.
劳动供给的萎缩

The working-age population has been falling since 2012

In 2017 China granted permanent residence to about 1,800 foreigners, none of them ordinary workers.
好少啊

but nothing compared with America, which doles out 1m “green cards” annually to immigrants.
100万

a much-revamped immigration law
大幅修补的

stiffer penalties
更严厉的惩罚

has always held sway over such matters
有影响力，支配力

There are piecemeal attempts at immigration reform elsewhere, too.
零星的

demand for them will grow apace
高速增长

could stir resentment among ordinary Chinese.
搅动激发怨恨

But would things go as well if