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From the May 13 Los Angeles Times: The Chinese government officially forbids children under 16 from working, but critics say it does little to enforce the law. Statistics are hard to come by, but in some estimates, as many as 10 million school-age children are doing their part to turn China into a low-cost manufacturing […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: In “Shanghai Dreams” by the Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, the focus is on the uprooted lives of a generation that moved from Shanghai in the 1960s to work in the undeveloped Guizhou Province. The Chinese government under Mao, fearing conflict with the Soviet Union, relocated factories inland to make up […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Interest in art collecting is growing in Shanghai and neighbouring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, said Li Lei, vice-president of the Shanghai Institute of Oil Painting and Sculptures and one of the organizers of “Art Shanghai,” which begins today. The four-day fair includes more than 6,000 works by Western artists and some Chinese […]
Read MoreSalon has an interview with Rachel DeWoskin, author of Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China: This month, DeWoskin’s account of her years as a foreign babe — and playing one on TV — hits the shelves. “Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China” is a double […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A landmark survey on violence against children in China shows abuse is more widespread than previously believed and has a lasting effect on mental health… The survey of more than 3,500 adolescents undertaken by the All-China Women’s Federation, Peking University and UNICEF showed more than 50 percent of males taking part and one-third […]
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