Young migrants cause crime wave

BEIJING - Migrant workers born after 1980 committed a third of China's crimes last year, according to a think tank's analysis released on Thursday.

The group of about 100 million people makes up only about 7 percent of China's population.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in its report that the segment committed a disproportionate amount of crime because it suffered from discrimination, unfairness and faced other difficulties in the cities where its members worked.