From ChinaSource: “First generation urban migrants typically fit a mold. They either work in construction or at a factory for 80 to 100 hours a week at low wages and often under harsh working conditions. The second generation of urban migrants, however, is seeking to break this mold, to have lives different from that of their parents. Their expectations are high, their tolerance low, and they are reaching for a better life.
… They see themselves as urban residents, feeling a sense of ownership and entitlement. However, the other residents of the city do not share this view. The migrant workers are not accepted by the rest of the city’s population who still see them as transient outsiders.” See A New Generation of Urban Migrants.
