“We Are Not Robots,” Say Striking Foxconn Workers
Reuters’ Paul Carsten reports that over 1,000 workers at a Foxconn factory in Chongqing went...
by Cindy | Oct 9, 2014
Reuters’ Paul Carsten reports that over 1,000 workers at a Foxconn factory in Chongqing went...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 27, 2014
As obstacles to education for disabled Chinese persist, The Washington Post’s William Wan...
by Natalie Ornell | Apr 18, 2014
As companies from Wal-Mart to the world’s largest shoe-maker, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings,...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 5, 2013
With scores of recent graduates joining the ranks of Chinese youth competing for a limited number...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 16, 2013
At Bloomberg Businessweek, Christina Larson talks to three Chinese factory managers about the deep...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 26, 2013
At The Wall Street Journal, Bob Davis describes how prestige and security are driving fresh graduates towards jobs in government or state-owned enterprises, rather than private companies or entrepreneurship: Over the past...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 23, 2012
This week’s Economist includes a map of interprovincial migration in China between 1990 and 2005. Central China—particularly Henan, Hunan, Anhui and Sichuan—saw millions leave for the coastal regions, with Zhejiang,...
by CDT Money | Feb 19, 2012
China’s central bank announced a reduction in the amount of cash banks must hold as reserves on Saturday, capping a week that brought more signs of a slowing Chinese economy. The reserve requirement ratio for banks will...
by Scott Greene | Nov 14, 2011
A Monday Global Times piece debunks the urban dream for rural Chinese students, who used to view acceptance to an urban university as a “golden ticket” which allowed them to shift their rural hukou (residence permit)...
by Samuel Wade | May 5, 2011
The Economist looks at new Chinese census data, and asks an unusual question: Does China have enough people? The question might seem absurd. The country has long been famous both for having the world’s largest population...
by nataliethomas | Oct 1, 2010
Long the life-blood of China’s economy, it seems cheap labour is becoming increasingly hard to come by. Following an article written earlier last month by Duncan Innes-Ker of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Hong Kong-based...
by Sophie Beach | Aug 7, 2010
CBS News reports on a labor shortage in China’s factories: As Americans struggle with pink slips, CBS News correspondent Terry McCarthy reports Chinese factories are putting up red signs, seeking workers. The...
by Paulina Hartono | Jul 13, 2010
The New York Times reports on the rising demands of Chinese workers: In recent months, as the country’s export-driven juggernaut has been revived and many migrants have found jobs closer to home, the balance of power in places...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 9, 2010
Over the weekend, The New York Times website held an online forum over the topic of employment in China. Participants included: * C. Cindy Fan, associate dean of social sciences, U.C.L.A.; Yasheng Huang, professor of political...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 8, 2010
A report in the Oregonian says that, despite activists’ concerns over labor abuses, migrant workers are funding an economic boom in rural China: Improved living standards don’t negate criticism by activists who...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 22, 2010
The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Blog looks at reports of a severe labor shortage in China’s manufacturing centers: So where have all the theoretically jobless peasants gone? Structural unemployment – a...
by Paulina Hartono | Dec 19, 2009
China’s one-child policy has had major consequences for Chinese society. For the final issue of the Far Eastern Economics Review (FEER), Nicholas Eberstadt takes a look at how the population changes have affected...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 30, 2009
Fears over massive unemployment have now turned into labor shortages as factory owners search for migrant workers who returned home after the financial crisis hit, Reuters reports: Only a few months ago, such factories were...