Urban Unemployment Grows As Economy Slows

WUHAN, CHINA - MARCH 1: (CHINA OUT) A migrant woman leading her child walks at a street on March 1, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. China is facing a difficult employment situation in 2009 as the global financial crisis impacts on the country's economy. According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China's urban registered unemployment rate climbed to 4.2 percent in December 2008, its highest level in 5 years, with an estimated 20 million migrant workers reported to have lost their jobs due to the shutdown of factories which produce goods for export. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)