Archive for the 'Workers' Rights' Category

Inside China Today – Sunday 1st August

Posted by Daniel Teng on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
 
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- Corruption: a leech on Henan’s food industry
- Police backed thugs attack local fisherman
- Blue-Ear Plague kills pigs, diseased pork sold
- Suzhou villagers continue fight against land seizures
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Corruption: a leech on Henan’s food industry
The head of major food supply company Jiyuan has been accused of trading expired wheat. Mr Zhai formerly worked at Jiyuan Food [...]

Inside China Today – Saturday 26th June

Posted by Daniel Teng on Saturday, June 26th, 2010
 
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- Chinese wage hikes cause headaches in Hong Kong
- Greedy companies send pharmaceutical costs soaring
- Mudslides in southern China kill hundreds
- Renowned doctor pursues justice at Supreme Court along with petitioners
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Chinese wage hikes cause headaches in Hong Kong
Unease sweeps through mainland China as Hong Kong businesses along the Pearl River Delta are impacted by workers strikes over pay rise [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 24th May

Posted by Daniel Teng on Monday, May 24th, 2010
 
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- Latest employee suicide at Foxconn Technology
- Student attacks caused by social dissent
- Hu Jia’s condition worsens
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Latest employee suicide at Foxconn Technology
An employee of Foxconn Technology Group has leaped off a building to his death. What’s alarming is this is the ninth suicide at the giant electronics manufacturer this year. The suicides all occurred at [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 9th May

Posted by Daniel Teng on Monday, May 10th, 2010
 
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- CCP covers up kindergarten attacks
- Petitioners speak of World Expo detention
- A hundred miners terminally ill from poor conditions
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CCP covers up kindergarten attacks
April 29th was a day which shocked China as a knife-wielding man went on a rampage in a Chinese kindergarten. Initial Xinhua news reports stated children were killed in the attack. However [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 14th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
 
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- Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
- Thousands of bird flu patients left undiagnosed in Daqing
- Workers protest in Suizhou, Hubei over wages
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Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
Tan Zuoren, author and famous environmentalist of Sichuan Province, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was convicted of inciting subversion of state power, allegedly for criticizing [...]