About 1,400 migrant workers are entering China from Myanmar every day from the northern Shan state trading hub of Muse after a seven-day permit was recently authorized by Beijing, local residents told Radio Free Asia. Most of the migrants are from villages in Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay and Shan that have been recently devastated by the civil war, and are in desperate need to earn money, aid workers said. They do menial jobs like gardening or factory work for seven days, and then return home, they said. “People are rushing for the pass as everybody wants to go,” said Ko Htay, chairman of the Helping Hands Charity Association, which helps border workers. The single-use temporary border pass, known as a green card, was introduced for workers on Sept. 4. Border authorities in Myanmar’s Muse have been allowing 300 people through Nan Taw gate and 200 people through Sin Phyu gate with the pass everyday – a total of 500 people a day. China closed ent