The “White-haired Movement” (白发运动, Báifà Yùndòng) refers to protests led by elderly and retired workers in Wuhan and Dalian in February 2023, and in Guangzhou in January 2023. The protesters were objecting to medical insurance...
China’s zero-COVID policy is, seemingly, over. Guidelines, referred to colloquially as “The New 10 Points,” issued Wednesday by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council drastically curtailed restrictions...
“Anyone who has ever tested positive is not wanted.” “No tattoos, criminal record, or positive test history.” “Applicants who have tested positive or been in a mandatory quarantine facility need not apply.” “During the pandemic,...
The latest wave of Omicron outbreaks and lockdowns in Shanghai, Changchun, Dongxing, Taiyuan, and other cities has resulted in food shortages and supply chain disruptions. The lockdowns and road closures have been particularly...
On Friday, the International Labor Organization (ILO) released its annual report on member nations’ compliance with international labor standards. The 870-page report, written by a 20-person committee of independent...
A Bilibili content moderator’s death has renewed debate on China’s culture of overwork six months after the Supreme People’s Court ruled “996” working schedules illegal, and just a year after a young tech worker died in similar...
Censors have scrubbed a father’s anguished “plea for help,” written in the aftermath of his son’s suicide, from Chinese social media. His son, a 17-year-old Hubei high school student, committed suicide after being forced to work...
Several recent reports have exposed the extreme hardships imposed on Chinese delivery drivers by unforgiving algorithms, merciless delivery companies, and expectant consumers. At NPR this week, Emily Feng shadowed a young...
At least five high-profile labor activists have reportedly been detained,in China’s...
As part of a crackdown on student and labor activism, dozens of students and graduates of elite...
The conviction last September of three prominent labor activists for “gathering crowds to disturb...
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...
China is experiencing a sharp increase in labor unrest as the country’s economy continues to...
The Associated Press’ Didi Tang describes the gathering momentum of worker strikes across...
Reuters’ Paul Carsten reports that over 1,000 workers at a Foxconn factory in Chongqing went...
According to the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin, the number of strikes and worker protests...
Premier Li Keqiang has urged Chinese workers to emulate the hard-working ‘stick stick...
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