From Asia Times: Migrant workers are temporary laborers from rural areas working without official permits in cities. Many urban employers of these workers want their effort, but not the liability for safety, fair wages, family services, and a host of other rights furnished to those with residential permits by way of birthright or deep pockets. […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: Chicago itself is home to the largest effort to include Chinese in US public schools. The program here has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread to places like Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. […]
Read MoreFrom the Observer: China is simultaneously the world’s largest startup and the world’s largest turnaround. The country can draw on a 2,000-year tradition, but also on Western business know-how and technology – that is why it has been able to make progress so quickly. If you think about the last decade of China’s economic and […]
Read MoreFrom Ap, via Seattlepi.com: Chinese authorities have blocked a pro-democracy Web log after it was nominated for a freedom of expression award by a German radio station, a press freedom group said Thursday. The blog, titled Wang Yi’s Microphone, dealt with “sensitive subjects” and was maintained by a teacher from Sichuan province, Paris-based Reporters Without […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China plans to abolish legal distinctions between urban residents and peasants in 11 provinces as the government tries to slow the country’s surging wealth gap and reduce social unrest, state media said Wednesday. Under an experimental program, local governments in those provinces will allow peasants to register as urban residents […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the International Herald Tribune: China plans to abolish the legal division between urban and rural residents in 11 provinces to protect the rights of migrants needed for labor in booming cities, though a similar experiment failed four years ago, the official media said Wednesday. The new policy would drop the decades-old “hukou,” […]
Read MoreFrom The Australian: The Government is again promising to address the vast fiscal gap that prevents education for all. A month ago, farmer Xie Guangfu paused outside his front door at midnight, 18 hours into his usual 21-hour working day, and died with a heavy load of wheat on his shoulder. Xie’s family was the […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times, As the selection of Taiwan’s pandas reaches its final stages in China, humanistic and environmental groups in Taiwan yesterday raised objections about Taiwan’s acceptance of the pandas, questioning whether China’s gesture is really one of goodwill and whether the pandas will improve ecological understanding in Taiwan. Speaking of what China’s gesture might […]
Read More“I want to go to school!” – a rural girl sitting outside of a classroom; via boxun.com.
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: “Many Americans are beginning to realize the importance of speaking Chinese,” Zhu Hongqing, consul at the Chinese Education Consulate here, said. “We need to provide as much powerful support as we can.” The number of Chinese language programs around the country, from elementary school through adult programs, has tripled in […]
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