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Old habits die hard as officials create “carrot” jobs for their sons and daughters
Nepotism has been around probably as long as the Chinese civil service itself. Even today, many officials consider it to be “common sense” that, given that they have been serving at the government for a long period of time, their relatives “deserve to be taken good care of as compensation for their hard work.”
07 June 2011
BBC: Another blow for embattled iPad maker Foxconn
First came the suicides. Then came the fatal explosion. Now the Taiwanese company that toils in the shadow of high-profile clients such as Apple is facing another blow - losing its blue-chip status.
07 June 2011
Violent wage arrears protest leads to nine detentions
Police in the southern city of Chaozhou have detained nine protestors after a demonstration by more than 200 migrant workers escalated into violence on 6 June, with several cars being smashed and dozens of people injured.
08 June 2011
CLB Press Conference: Throwaway Labour – Chinese workers in Japan and Singapore
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Date: 14th June 2011
Time: 10.00.am - 11.30.am
Location: Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club - Hughes Room
2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
08 June 2011
China's community teachers: A historical debt still unpaid
An elderly community teacher talks to Han Dongfang about his attempts to get a just and decent pension for himself and his colleagues after the authorities basically abandoned them after decades of service. Photo Han Dongfang at Radio Free Asia
10 June 2011
Throwaway Labour: The exploitation of Chinese “trainees” in Japan
China is by far the most important supplier of “trainees” to Japan’s exploitative, low-paid labour intensive industries. Photo of Mt Fuji by mick62@flicker.com under a creative commons license.
13 June 2011
Throwaway Labour: The exploitation of Chinese "trainees" in Japan
Japan is by far the largest international market for Chinese labour, valued at around US$1.5 billion in 2009, three times the size of the second largest market in Singapore. The vast majority of Chinese workers in Japan are employed as "trainees" under a scheme first devised by the Japanese government in the 1980s to address its domestic labour shortage. China, with a huge labour surplus, has been able to meet Japan’s demand for trainees through the development of labour export companies which can place large numbers of workers abroad.
13 June 2011
The Guardian: Chinese riots enter third day
Rioters burned police and fire vehicles in a third day of unrest in southern China's manufacturing heartlands, witnesses have reported.
14 June 2011
Los Angeles Times: China tries to restore order after migrant riots
Chinese authorities struggled to restore order Monday after migrant workers, angry over the manhandling of a pregnant vendor, overturned police cars, smashed windows and set fires near the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou.
14 June 2011
News coverage of CLB's report on Chinese workers in Japan
Japan and China should improve conditions for migrant Chinese workers whose rights are frequently abused in low-paid factory jobs in Japan, a report said Tuesday.
15 June 2011