Migrant Workers Mysteriously Dying in Dongguan
At the South China Morning Post, Andrea Chen reports that hundreds of young men living in the...
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Samsung’s Handling of Child Labor Under Fire
Following a China Labor Watch report released last week alleging the use of child labor at a...
Minitrue: Yue Yuen Strike, Cao Shunli, More
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Red Lights Dim in China’s Sin City
Edward Wong at the New York Times looks at how the crackdown on the sex trade in Dongguan,...
Minitrue: Do Not Oppose CCTV Dongguan Report
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Drawing the News: Sweeping Yellow Under the Rug
Soon after CCTV aired an exposé on prostitution in China’s “sex capital,” authorities in the...
Netizen Voices: Cancel the Trip to Dongguan
After CCTV’s recent exposé on prostitution in Dongguan, a city long notorious for its...
River Crabbed: Prostitution Bust in Dongguan
A CCTV prostitution bust has backfired on many netizens. The state news broadcaster ran an exposé...
Minitrue: Beijing Airport Bomber Lawsuit
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Airport Bomber Wins Praise, Reinvestigation
Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing is in custody in an undisclosed location following surgery to amputate his left hand, injured in Saturday’s blast. The explosion appears to have been a desperate protest after eight...
Revisiting Leslie Chang’s “Factory Girls”
At Tea Leaf Nation, Gloria Wang surveys Chinese reactions to Leslie T. Chang’s Factory Girls, recently released in simplified characters five years after its original English-language publication. The book follows two...
Ministry of Truth: Occupiers, Workers, Molesters
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not report or comment on [information] about...
Chinese Democracy Has its Benefits
A recent study suggests that China’s village elections have led to some concrete improvements for local residents since the early 80s, despite widespread meddling by Party officials. Among the reported benefits are greater...
Southern China’s Unwanted Masses
Shenzhen’s attempts to ensure a trouble-free Summer Universiade this August have disgruntled some of its neighbours, according to China Real Time Report: As readers may recall, the Guangdong city of Shenzhen in April...
Chinese Toy Makers’ Struggles Dim Christmas Joy
Barbara Demick reports for the LA Times, from Dongguan, China: Growing up in the Chinese countryside with only an elementary school education, Yang Yanjun had never heard of Christmas until she landed a job painting pink-cheeked...
Protest By Suitcase Workers Sent Packing in China
The Jianrong Suitcase Factory in Dongguan, Guangdong closed without warning, and gave its workers only 60% of promised October-December wages. William Foreman of the Associated Press reports on the ensuing riot: On Friday...
Migrant Workers Trek Back to Sichuan
As the financial crisis raises concerns about the impact of rising unemployment in China, Danwei summarizes a story in the Chongqing Evening News about a group of migrant workers who were laid off after the boss of their factory...
A Blue Christmas at China’s Own North Pole
Toy manufacturing companies have received huge hits since the 2008 economic crisis, with the most recent example being the November 25th closure of the Guangdong Kai Da Manufacturing factory. Once key factors in China’s...
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