China's Labor Crisis

Migrant workers who recently lost their jobs wait for compensation outside of factories in Canton, China, on Nov. 26, 2008. China is facing a difficult employment situation in 2009, as the global financial crisis impacts the country's economy.

Migrant workers who have recently lost their jobs return to their hometowns with suitcases, in China's southern region of Canton, Nov. 26, 2008. The unemployment rate is at its highest level in five years, with an estimated 20 million migrant workers reportedly out of work.

Unemployed job seekers look for jobs in newspapers and on notice boards in China's southern city of Shenzhen, Nov. 26, 2008. According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China's urban registered unemployment rate climbed to 4.2 percent in December 2008.