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Wall Street Journal: China Rongsheng Shipyard's Struggles Illustrate Beijing's Dilemma
An anxious shipyard worker named Li and the deserted shops around him offer a glimpse of the tough choices that many of China's most bloated industries present to Beijing.
08 July 2013
Laid off construction worker fighting lone battle for the rule of law
A construction worker from Shandong tells Han Dongfang about his long-running battle to be properly dismissed and get the compensation he is legally entitled to.
11 June 2012
Workers with pneumoconiosis determined to sue local government despite signing away their rights
Four years ago, a group of stone workers suffering from the deadly lung disease pneumoconiosis petitioned their local government for assistance. Their employer, Guo'an Silica Co. had closed down, leaving them with no insurance and no money to pay their mounting medical bills.
10 July 2013
Coal mine found to have concealed numerous deaths and accidents
An official investigation by China’s State Council has revealed that a coal mine in the north-eastern province of Jilin routinely covered up workplace accidents over the last two years.
12 July 2013
Pneumoconiosis activist Zhang Haichao gets life-saving double-lung transplant
Zhang Haichao talks to the Southern Metropolis Daily about his lung transplant operation and his controversial decision to reveal a secret deal with the local government in Henan in which he actually got double the 615,000 yuan compensation that was publicly announced at the time. Photograph by CLB.
15 July 2013
The National: Rising labour costs erode China's competitiveness
During the years of double-digit Chinese economic growth, Yiwu in eastern China's Zhejiang province was the focal point for manufacturing of consumer goods in China.
16 July 2013
Financial Times: Chinese workers find jobs still plentiful despite slowing growth
The Chinese economy is slowing and is on track for its weakest year in a more than a decade. But someone forgot to give the memo to Mr Xu. “This is the busiest year in a while. It’s a lot busier than last year,” he says. “I keep getting called to new projects and there’s a lot of pressure to be fast.”
16 July 2013
China’s job market begins to contract as economic growth slows
As China’s economic growth continues to slow, the number of jobs on offer is also beginning to decline. Although China’s labour market is still slightly undersupplied, with 107 jobs for every 100 job seekers, the demand for labour in the second quarter of this year declined by 2.8 percent or167,000 jobs.
18 July 2013
Euronews: Interns Rising
What better way to spend the summer than doing an internship? Sure, you are not paid, you work 50 hours per week and you have to pick up your boss’s dry cleaning, but at least you are getting some work experience and getting a foot in the door.
19 July 2013
In these Times: Your ‘Distressed’ Jeans Are Wearing Out Workers’ Lungs
"Distressed” jeans are designed to make that wear-and-tear look seem oh-so-effortless, but it can be the result of someone’s body taking a real beating.
23 July 2013