NORTHERN HEBEI PROVINCE, JANUARY 26, 2009:<br /> Mr Lu, a textile worker in Beijing, tells his grandmother of his recent experiences in China's capital.<br /> Lu went to Beijing 8 years ago as he couldn't find a job in China's countryside.<br /> He was employed in a textile factory that went banctrupt last October. Lu and his 63 colleagues were still owed payment for 4 months, but their boss refused to pay them. They didn't know the law, nor did any of them have a contract.  <br /> At the end of January, Lu and his co-workers went to see the bosses' mother to negociate, then the union and in the end the government. They were threatened with jail . At the end of the day , a man from the union came by ( on behalf of the government )and all but an underaged worker received their due salaries.<br /> Now Lu is unemployed like 20 milion other migrant workers in China who have been laid off as a result of the financial crisis.<br /> <br /> <br /> China's Communist Party  which will celebrate its 60th anniversary in October, currently faces its biggest challenge since the beginning of the economic reforms 30 years ago  : &quot; The phase of  rapid economic growth is over. For the first time the government is threatened with a  mistrust of a wide section of the population&quot;, warns the Communist party's Shang Dewen in Beijing.   <br /> Not only the China's poorest worry about the furture, but as well China's middle class is concerned about the crisis.     1,5 Millionen university graduates didn't find a job until the end of 2008  and this summer there'll be an additional  6,1 Million new graduates. More than 12 percent of university graduates face unemployment in 2009.
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