The Story of the Oyster Men in China

Oyster men are not the typical refugee, says author. This is in part because they're part of a privileged state industry that produces oysters and oyster products for export. Their positionality in Balan County is much better than that of an average farmer. But then in 1978, 1980, this is the early years of China's era of reform and opening up. You have maybe 40, sometimes up to 50 percent of those oyster producing villages migrating.