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ChineseMigrantsReturntoRuralRootsLaidOffbyStrugglingFactoriesinDistantCities,LaborersFindFewProspectsBackHome ByLaurenKeaneWashingtonPostForeignServiceFriday,January2,2009;A08 WANZHOU,HYPERLINK"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/china.html?nav=el"\t""China--Bythetimetheirtrainpulledintoitsfinalstation,DengHongshuandhisteenagesonhadbeenstandinginapackedaisle,shouldertoshoulder,for38hours.LikemanyoftheirfellowmigrantlaborersonTrain1009fromGuangzhou,theywereoutofworkandheadedhome. TheirbossattheAmericanOverseasFurFactorylaidoffhalfofhis300workerswithoutpayforthreemonths.Hetriedtobereassuring:AmericanswillstartbuyingagainaftertheLunarNewYearholidayinlateJanuary,hesaid.Comebacktoyourjobsthen. SoDeng,a43-year-oldmanwithshaggyhair,kindeyesandaneasygait,andhisson,Yixin,17,packedtheirbelongingsintotwosmallredduffelbagsandbeganthethree-dayjourneyfromShenzhen,inGuangdongprovince,totheirhomeinthemountainshighabovetheHYPERLINK"http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Yangtze+River?tid=informline"\t""YangtzeRiverincentralChina.TheyareamongthemillionsofworkerswhohavepoweredChina'seconomicjuggernaut,butnowtheyareretreatingtotheirruralroots. Theirfutureisuncertain.Manydonotknowwhethertheywillhavejobsagaininthefactories.Whattheywilldobackhomewithoutworkisequallyunclear,buttheirexpectationshavebeenraisedbyyearsalongChina'sprosperouseasterncoast.Manysaythatafterabreakathomewiththeirfamilies,theywillheadrightbacktothefactoriestotrytheirluckagain. "Whatchoice?Thereisnochoice,"Dengsaid."OfcourseI'mgoingback,ifnottoShenzhen,thensomewhereelse.Ifwestayhereandfarm,wecaneatbutwemakenomoneyforanythingelse.Atleastbackthere,there'sthepossibilityofworkwhenthingsgetbetter." Dengandhissonhadspentmostofthepastfourmonthsstandingknee-deepinhotvatsofdye,ananimalskininonehandandaspearintheother.Theypickedtheskinsfromapileinacornerandplungedthemintothesteamingliquid,thenfishedthemoutagainwiththeirspearsandhauledthem,heavyanddrippingwet,toadryingrackacrosstheroom.Despitefacto