Rural teachers' big dream of a small bridge

We Chinese like to call attention to auspicious signs during the celebration of the lunar new year.

But this habit seems to have eluded members of the news media, who can't wait till the end of Spring Festival to renew their forecasts of gloom and doom. Over the past few days, both local and international media have pointed out the potential for unrest and other social problems presented by the burgeoning number of unemployed migrant workers.

The global recession has caused many export manufacturers to go bankrupt, leaving migrant workers without jobs. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of workers from rural areas continue to arrive in Shanghai and Guangdong province to seek their fortunes. The economic revival depends in part on helping these workers find jobs.