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Sim Chi Yin Talks with BBC Newshour about 'Beijing's Rat Tribe'

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Living beneath Beijing's skyscrapers and residential blocks are an estimated 1 million migrant...

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A resident waits to use the communal bathroom and washing area of a basement hostel on the western outskirts of Beijing. Image by Sim Chi Yin. China, August 20, 2011.

Pulitzer Center grantee Sim Chi Yin talks to the BBC Newshour about her project on 'Beijing's Rat Tribe,' the vast army of migrant workers who have found shelter in the city's cramped underground spaces. Chi Yin's comments begin at the 19:40 mark.

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