New Site Tracks Gaps in Apple’s Chinese App Store
This week censorship trackers GreatFire.org launched a new search site, AppleCensorship.com, to...
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LatestBloomberg Story Under Fire; Supply Chain Fears Remain
Late last week, Bloomberg’s Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley published stunning claims...
Activists Investigating Ivanka Trump Factories Released
Three China Labor Watch activists who were detained while working undercover investigating abuses...
Trump-linked Shoe Factory Looks for Cheaper Labor
A China Labor Watch activist who had been working undercover investigating abuses at a Chinese...
Authorities Attempt to Manage Rising Labor Unrest
In recent years, China’s slowing economy has led to a steady growth in labor unrest, with...
China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented
China is experiencing a sharp increase in labor unrest as the country’s economy continues to...
Workers Are Fighting Back as Economic Dream Fades
In the eastern province of Jiangsu, a group of auto workers and their relatives clashed with...
Labor Activists Detained Amid Civil Society Crackdown
China Labour Bulletin reports that several workers’ rights leaders have recently been...
Rights and Robots in Chinese Manufacturing
Kyodo reports allegations of continuing labor abuses at four Chinese factories supplying Japanese...
Miao Ying, Net Art, and Cultural Hybridity
At The Mediated Image, Oxford University’s Ros Holmes extensively examines the work of Chinese...
Why China is So Worried About Labor Unrest
In Maclean’s Jason Kirby writes about a surge of labor unrest that is quickly becoming a...
Visualizing China’s Strike Activity
On his Dart-Throwing Chimp blog, political scientist Jay Ulfelder presents a series of graphs...
Yiwu, Zhejiang: Santa’s Real Workshop
With Christmas nearly upon us, The Guardian’s Oliver Wainright takes us to Yiwu, Zhejiang,...
Minitrue: Don’t Make HK Umbrellas, Yellow Ribbons
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Made in China
At The Anthill, Laszlo Montgomery, the creator of the China History Podcast, discusses the...
U.S. Companies Go to Mexico As China Ties Unravel
Damien Cave at The New York Times reports that some U.S. companies are finding convenience in...
Indian Gods, Made In China
Despite authorities’ sometimes uneasy relationship with religion, China shows few...
Outsourced Pollution Blows Back to Haunt U.S.
A new study investigates the environmental impact of outsourced manufacturing both in China and in...
