A photograph of a delivery driver forced to kneel before a neighborhood security guard in Hangzhou has inspired widespread calls for better labor protections for China’s working class. The viral image of the kneeling driver...
Margaret Hillenbrand, professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford, joined CDT to discuss her two latest books: “On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China” (2023) and “Negative Exposures: Knowing...
The Supreme People’s Court has ruled the much-reviled “996” 72-hour work week illegal. The January death of a 22-year-old Pinduoduo employee after working a late shift focused public anger on 996 overtime culture,...
Earlier this year, efforts to unionize China’s seven million food-delivery drivers were battered by the arrests of Chen Guojiang, or “Mengzhu” to his thousands of social media followers, and a host of other prominent labor...
Amid the ongoing pandemic, the services provided by food delivery platforms have become a lifeline for many shut-in or socially distanced consumers, in China and elsewhere. Despite the newfound essentiality of delivery drivers...
At least five high-profile labor activists have reportedly been detained,in China’s...
Xi Jinping has vigorously promoted instilling more communist values in Chinese universities via...
About 50 student activists and workers advocating in Shenzhen for the establishment of an...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
On Thursday citizen journalist Lu Yuyu was sentenced to four years in prison for “picking...
At The New York Times, Ryan McMorrow looks at the harsh working conditions faced by China’s...
On November 3, labor activist Meng Han was sentenced to 21 months in prison, making him the fourth...
Last month saw the long-anticipated trials of three Guangdong labor activists charged with...
On Monday, three labor activists associated with Guangdong’s Panyu Worker’s Center were sentenced...
In recent years, China’s slowing economy has led to a steady growth in labor unrest, with...
Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post reports that authorities in Hunan have summoned riot police...
Chen Wenying, the mother of jailed labor activist Zeng Feiyang, is taking the rare action of suing...
China’s slowing economy has led to an increase in worker strikes, disputes, and protests, as has...
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