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Will China’s cities really let migrant students sit the national college entrance examination?
The prize for Most Misleading Headline of the Week goes to the China Daily last Friday for its proclamation “Migrant children to sit gaokao in cities.” If true, this would be the answer to millions of migrant workers’ prayers for their children who, have to return “home” to the countryside to take the national college entrance exam. Photo by emop, available at flickr under a creative commons license..
10 September 2012
AFP: Crackdown on China workers' rights groups
Around 10 groups that offer help to the millions of migrant workers living and working in Shenzhen have suffered random inspections and evictions, some of which turned violent, said the letter seen by AFP on Monday.
11 September 2012
The Register: Samsung accused of sex discrimination in China plant
South Korean electronics behemoth Samsung has been hit by fresh allegations of impropriety at one of its manufacturing plants in China, this time involving purported sexual discrimination in its hiring policy.
11 September 2012
Daily Telegraph: iPhone 5 launch: Foxconn condemned over student labour
This Reuters TV interview with China Labour Bulletin was used during the Daily Telegraph's coverage of the launch of the iPhone5 on 12 September 2012.
13 September 2012
Metis: Chine : vers une protection sociale très capitaliste
A l'ère de l'économie planifiée, la protection sociale chinoise dépendait de deux piliers : « le bol de riz » des entreprises d'Etat qui procuraient à leurs salariés emploi, sécurité et pensions de retraite, et la ferme conviction que les enfants pourvoiraient aux vieux jours de leurs parents. Ces piliers se sont effondrés avec la réforme des entreprises d'Etat, la croissance de l'économie privée et la politique de limitation des naissances. L'emploi à vie a été remplacé par des contrats de travail et l'enfant unique ne saurait seul faire face à la charge de ses parents.
17 September 2012
Japanese factories halt production after worker protests
The escalating dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands has forced many Japanese-owned businesses in China to close temporarily.
18 September 2012
Railway worker badly injured preventing a major accident has to fight for compensation
A young migrant worker lost his right arm preventing an accident in a Hunan railway yard. He was hailed as a hero but, as he tells Han Dongfang, he struggled to get his promised compensation.
20 September 2012
New York Times: Foxconn Factory in China Is Closed After Worker Riot
Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to some of the world’s electronics giants, including Apple, said that it had closed one of its large Chinese plants early Monday after police were called in to break up a fight among factory employees.
24 September 2012
Wall Street Journal: Hon Hai Riot Shows Squeeze on Chinese Manufacturers
A riot at an electronics factory left at least 40 people injured and sparked a response by thousands of police Monday, highlighting how Chinese manufacturers increasingly are caught between restive workers and a slowing economy.
25 September 2012
Additional reports on the Foxconn Taiyuan riot
China Labour Bulletin is quoted in the following articles. Copyright remains with the original publisher
Bloomberg: Foxconn Workers Labor Under Police Watch After Riot Shuts Plant
Reuters: Foxconn China plant closed after clash involving 2,000
25 September 2012