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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 17 MIN

From China to California: What's next for Chinese migrants?

from Business Daily · host BBC World Service

In 2023, Business Daily met Chinese people trying to get into the US using an unexpected route – the established migrant trail through South and Central America. We’ve re-connected with some of those migrants who have made it across the border and are now living in California.Have they managed to find work and accommodation? And what are their plans for the future given US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration?Presented and produced by Shawn Yuan Additional production by David Cann and Helen Thomas (Image: Pan, a man in his fifties from China, now works at a Chinese restaurant in Barstow, California, after having come to the US by way of Latin America two years ago)

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