From the Japan Times: “On Sino-Japanese relations, we can see some changes toward being more restrained, more analytical and less emotional,” said Liang Yunxiang, an associate professor in international relations at Peking University. This approach to China’s Japan coverage, different from a year ago when Chinese media omitted Japan’s perspectives or ran only negative Japanese […]
Read MoreFrom Kyodo News: Chinese media reported Tuesday the launch of Japan’s new Cabinet by calling it one led by hawkish politicians who support Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. Newspapers’ reports focused particularly on Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Aso, introducing them as supporters of the […]
Read MoreFrom China Labour Bulletin A former textile-company employee turned businessman who posted online reports about a recent series of protest demonstrations by steel workers in Chongqing has disappeared and is believed to be in police custody. Shi Xiaoyu was taken away by police from his home in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, on 20 October, according to […]
Read MoreFrom China Labour Bulletin picture from Dajiyuan A crackdown carried out by local police on 7 October against protesting workers from the Chongqing Steel Plant resulted in the death of two women protestors, 24 workers being injured, and the detention of three of the workers’ leaders, according to a report by Radio Free Asia. The […]
Read MoreFrom China Labour Bulletin In late 2003, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) revealed that the total unpaid wages owing to the nation’s migrant workers (that part of the agricultural population who find work in cities but are not registered as urban residents) had reached 100 billion Yuan. On 23 May 2005, Beijing’s Legal […]
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