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Student Assignment Sheet: China in the Red

Note: Some of these questions can be answered by more than one person. Talk to a different person for each question.

Find someone who has made a lot of money. How has he or she done this?
Find someone who has worked for a long time but now worries that she is too old for her job.
Find someone who has concerns about her or his children. What is this person's job? What do they hope for the future of their child?
Find someone who is suffering from downward job mobility. What was her job at the start? At the end? What is her state of mind?
Find someone for whom the illness of someone else in her family is a problem. What other obligations does she have? What does she think she should do?
Find someone who wants to keep his job despite the risks. Why does he want to stay? What are his hopes and fears?
Find someone who is sick. How does she get medicine? What effect does the sickness have on her family? What does she think she should do?
Find someone who lives in the country. What problems does he or she face?
Find someone who lives in the city. What problems does he or she face?