CHINA TIDAL-WAVE OF MIGRANT LABOR - WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MEXICAN UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION TO THE UNITED-STATES

The purpose of this article is to place Chinese labor migration from a griculture within the context of the literature on labor mobility in d eveloping countries by comparing it to undocumented Mexican migration to the United States. The similarities fall within three general areas : the migration process, the economic and social position of migrants at their destination, and the agrarian structure and process of agricu ltural development that has perpetuated circular migration. The last s ection of the article draws upon these similarities, as well as differ ences between the two countries, to generate predictions concerning th e development of labor migration in China.