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In this picture taken on September 7, 2017, Liu Huiqing, who works in a moving company, talks on the phone inside his room as he eats dinner in a migrant village on the outskirts of Beijing. Surrounded by the sleek hi-tech campuses and luxury condominiums of "Beijing's Silicon Valley", migrants from the countryside recreate village life, cooking in outdoor communal areas, playing cards and showering in the street. But their community's days are numbered. / AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI / TO GO WITH China-poverty-migrant, FOCUS (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

In this picture taken on September 7, 2017, Liu Huiqing, who works in a moving company, talks on the phone inside his room as he eats dinner in a migrant village on the outskirts of Beijing. Surrounded by the sleek hi-tech campuses and luxury condominiums of "Beijing's Silicon Valley", migrants from the countryside recreate village life, cooking in outdoor communal areas, playing cards and showering in the street. But their community's days are numbered. / AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI / TO GO WITH China-poverty-migrant, FOCUS (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
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