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Passengers go to the Nanchang railway station in eastern China in February 2014, at the end of the Chinese New Year holiday. In the past, it was often the only time of year that migrant workers were able to return home. Now, economic pressures on factories in coastal China have led to a reversal of a decades-long migration of workers from inland to the coast.

For Chinese Migrant Workers, It Is Possible To Go Home Again

In the past, rural Chinese seeking success left their families and found work on the coast. Now, high wages mean factories are shifting inland and migrants are delighted to be following them home.

Fidel (Gary Carr), Humphrey (Kris Marshall), Camille (Sara Martins) and Dwayne (Danny John-Jules) in season three of DEATH IN PARADISE.

DEATH IN PARADISE: Season 3

Thursdays, June 12 - July 31, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. This series opens with the shocking murder of DI Richard Poole, an event which heralds the arrival of new detective DI Humphrey Goodman, who is quite unlike his predecessor.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: "I would rather die than be in the United States Senate."

Could Chris Christie Appoint Himself To The U.S. Senate? Yes, He Can

The indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., could lead to Chris Christie, R-N.J., appointing a replacement. With Christie's presidential prospects, he might want to consider appointing himself.

A California State University San Marcos volunteer leads a Cultivando Liderazgo workshop that helps immigrants prepare for the U.S. citizenship test, March 2, 2016.

Trump Fuels Citizenship Drive Among San Diego County Immigrants

Many immigrants in San Diego County are rushing to naturalize in time to vote with the help of a local program called Cultivando Liderazgo.

Waves hit the coast of Los Cabos, Mexico, on Sunday as Hurricane Odile neared landfall in the largely tourist area of the Baja California peninsula.

Mexican Resort Town Pummeled By Powerful Hurricane Odile

The Category 3 cyclone, the strongest on record to hit the region, slammed the tourist destination of Cabo San Lucas and will weaken as it moves up the peninsula, according to forecasters.

The victims, both in their 20s, were found in a car parked across from Macy's Department Store in Westfield Mission Valley Mall on Camino Del Rio North around 1:30 a.m.

San Diego Police identify woman killed in Mission Valley mall parking lot

The shooting happened near a Christmas tree lot and the Macy's, which was open until 2 a.m. to accommodate Christmas shoppers.

Janet Stein Romero of El Ancon, New Mexico, shapes the dough before rolling out flour tortillas.

Why Thick Flour Tortillas Never Made It Big And Thin Tortillas Did

Flour tortillas thick as pancakes and dotted with brown blisters are a beloved Southwestern staple. So why haven't they broken out of the region and become available at supermarkets nationwide?

Exclusive First Read: 'The Bone Clocks' By David Mitchell

David Mitchell's new novel, The Bone Clocks, mixes fantasy and literary fiction in a decades-spanning saga of ordinary people who get caught up in a war between two factions of ancient near-immortals.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

Marine Sgt. Justin M. Hansen, 26, died July 24 while conducting combat operations in Badghis province, Afghanistan.

During PBS’ FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 2 session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverley Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, actor Courtney B. Vance, actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, recording artist Nas, actor Khandi Alexander and host/executive producer/writer/presenter Henry Louis Gates Jr. discuss uncovering family histories.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. - Season 2: In Search Of Our Fathers (New Season Premiere)

Airs Tuesday, September 23 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

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