beijing winter bring frigid existence uncertain future migrant workers beijing deprive electricity heat resist month-long campaign evict city urban villages deadly fire hamlet ramshackle dwell capital southern fringe last month prompt fire safety blitz authorities force thousands workers home businesses everyone leave handful holdouts prepare tough time temperatures plunge freeze electricity come home see go say feng migrant worker hail southwestern province sichuan point pile blanket feng will reveal surname rent room share apartment block build run migrants picun village northeast beijing authorities cut power order everyone leave sell house northeast nothing go back say another worker wang liping say pay 200,000 yuan 30,000 buy part apartment block migrants like feng rent room hundred yuan month rather freeze death leave add wang refuse leave despite efforts remove evictions spark unusually direct criticism china intellectuals students journalists say government unfairly target vulnerable underclass originally fire use fire excuse force people young old onto streets middle cold days winter independent political commentator zhang lifan tell reuters city could without migrants cai qi city communist party chief close ally president xi jinping say visit migrants week bid allay fear capital need cheap labor attract thousands workers even though deny official residency permit government curb internal migration migrant enclaves grow full-fledged communities today cluster shanty towns picun one develop literature society house numerous aspire artists musicians one young couple live torchlight block say consider go tangshan steel-producing hub home province hebei 10 years live beijing would miss lifestyle honest migrants beijing good city woman surnamed xiang tell reuters beijing evictions leave migrant workers limbo winter deepen