Wang Haiyang, 58, a migrant worker who works in construction, travels back to his dorm on an auto rickshaw holding his newly-bought second-hand television, in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia, 30, a migrant worker, video calls her daughter during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in the room that she rents with her husband Yang Nianlian in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. "Ever since the birth of our daughter, at least one parent had to be around with her on New Year's Eve." said Yunxia. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia, 30, a migrant worker, films food on her phone as she celebrates the Chinese Lunar New Year with her husband who is also a migrant worker, in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, washes his wife Wang Yunxia's feet at the room they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 7, 2021. "It doesn't matter where," Yunxia said. "When we're together, we're family, we're home." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, picks up his phone next to his wife Wang Yunxia, 30, as they lie in bed at the room they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 7, 2021. "It doesn't matter where," Yunxia said. "When we're together, we're family, we're home." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Haiyang, 58, a migrant worker who works in construction, leaves a residential area in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
A fruit stall owner watches news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping reflected from a projector in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
A head worker pays workers their salary in cash at a construction site in Beijing, China, February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia, 30, a migrant worker, goes shopping ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia, 30, and her husband Yang Nianlian, 33, who are migrant workers, react while talking about their family, in the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. "It doesn't matter where," Yunxia said. "When we're together, we're family, we're home." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, knocks down the interior of an apartment in Beijing, China, February 9, 2021. "A dream of mine is to work hard in the city and earn as much money as I can, for my family, for my child," Yang said, "But today I feel like I've let them down somehow." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, smokes a cigarette as he embraces his wife Wang Yunxia, 30, who is also a migrant worker, in the courtyard by the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. "It doesn't matter where," Yunxia said. "When we're together, we're family, we're home." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
A worker uses her phone to take pictures of a high speed railway station that she has been working on, as she travels back to her dorm on a shuttle bus in Beijing, China. February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, showcases food that he cooked as his landlord looks on through a window, in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, wears a protective face-mask as he travels home from work on a construction site, in Beijing, China, February 10, 2021. "(I'm still working a day ahead of the New Year’s Eve) Because I want to earn some money and I have children as burden at home," Yang said, "My childhood dream is to come to Beijing and settle here. I want to have a family here. And I need to work real hard." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia, 30, and her husband Yang Nianlian, 33, who are migrant workers, go shopping ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, February 10, 2021. "(Not being with family) I am feeling a sense of loss, something which should’ve been here yet is not, " Yunxia said. "Without my family and daughter around, I don’t feel like doing anything. But still, it's New Year's Eve. We should to celebrate it anyway. " REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant, reacts after having a call with his family during a meal with his wife to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. "My daughter's favourite thing to do is to chat with me," Nianlian said. "Each time I'm back home, she'd run around, curious about every detail of my work in Beijing, and would tell me not to tire myself too much." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Yunxia and her husband Yang Nianlian, who are migrant workers, have a meal together to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
A child plays with sparklers at the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, waits with other security guards for the shuttle bus to take them to work early in the morning in Beijing, China, February 8, 2021. "A dream of mine is to work hard in the city and earn as much money as I can, for my family, for my child," Nianlian said, "But today I feel like I've let them down somehow." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, blowdries his wife Wang Yunxia's hair in the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 10, 2021. "It doesn't matter where," Yunxia said. "When we're together, we're family, we're home." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Workers travel home on a shuttle bus in Beijing, China, January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, and his wife Wang Yunxia, 30, who are migrant workers, cook a meal together to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in the room that they rent in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, holds a pot of food that he cooked for Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations by his room that he rents with his wife in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. "A dream of mine is to work hard in the city and earn as much money as I can, for my family, for my child," Nianlian said, "But today I feel like I've let them down somehow." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Haiyang (C), 58, a migrant worker who works in construction, has a meal with other migrant workers to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in the room that he rents in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian, 33, a migrant worker, leads his team of security personnel to their work place in Beijing, China, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Haiyang, 58, a migrant worker, wears a protective face-mask as he monitors a worker on a construction site in Beijing, China, January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Xia Yizhi, 61, a migrant worker, looks at her phone as she stands inside her dorm in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China. February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Wang Haiyang, 58, a migrant worker who works in construction, video calls his son as they toast during his meal with other migrant workers to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in the room that he rents in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yang Nianlian (R), 33, spends time with his landlord's family as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Majuqiao Town, a suburb of Beijing, China, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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