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ESWN has translated a lengthy investigation by CCTV into the Shanxi brick kiln case, in which the foreman of the kiln is interviewed and describes the beatings of workers “a fairly small thing.” ESWN has also included translations of articles on the case from Southern Metropolis Daily and Southern Weekend. From the CCTV transcript: Feng […]
Read MoreFollowing the arrests of several prominent political figures over the past year — including Shanghai Party Chief Chen Liangyu, the head of the State Statistical Bureau, the vice mayor of Beijing, and Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the Food and Drug Administration, who was sentenced to death for corruption — Asia Sentinel asks if the crackdown […]
Read MoreWashingtonpost.com has a special video feature titled “Redefining China’s Family“, which includes segments on women, migrant workers and the elderly, and includes links to relevant Post articles. A transcript of an online chat with Travis Fox, the videojournalist who produced it, is here.
Read MoreFrom Reuters, an update in the Shanxi brick kiln case: Chinese police have captured a man accused of holding workers in virtual slavery, state media reported on Sunday amid a national scandal over rural teenagers and men forced to work in brutal, furnace-like brick kilns. Heng Tinghan is accused of holding 31 workers in a […]
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