Lisa Pickoff-White

I traveled to Beijing before the Olympic games to learn about how regular people were being affected by the games.  This radio story aired on KFOG.

In China it’s illegal to move without government permission. But this hasn’t stopped millions of migrants who move around the country, especially from rural areas to Beijing. These migrants cannot use public schools, hospitals or receive government aid. They regularly face police harassment and possible jail time.  There I met Zhou who’s willing to risk all this just to make living digging through other people’s trash.

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Before the Olympics I went to Beijing for the Washington Post. With six other reporters I helped report and produce a series of stories about everyday life of Beijingers in San Francisco and back in Beijing. I designed and developed the Web project.

View the project.