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China's "new billionaires" are well-known but what about the small businesses? Many were set up by migrants who have battled against hardship ¨C and many are women.
THE PR BUSINESS 24 year old Tian Qiuyu started her business while she was still at university and now employs 6 people ¨C but she never forgets her roots in a poor, remote village area where education was a fight against the odds. She wants to help educate other young people from the country. "They shouldn't just accept their fate. I didn't."
THE BEAUTY SALON Yu Xinpei is also the daughter of poor farmers, but now owns two beauty parlours and employs 60 people. She now mixes with Shanghai's other young high-flyers whom she is keen to learn from.
But for most migrants, earning a living is a hard struggle. Mrs Zhang set up a small retail business with her husband ¨C with the heartbreak of leaving her children behind.
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