As Unrest Rises, China Broadens Workersâ Rights
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A new law strengthens protections amid increasing signs of restiveness among tens of millions of migrant laborers.
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China's security chief has urged officials to heed the grievances of their communities, state media reported Friday, following a series of violent protests that undermine efforts to maintain stability.
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As the National People's Congress prepares to meet in early March for its annual policy-setting meeting, economic and social issues are looming large in China, and one overshadows the rest: the mainland's widening income gap.
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By CHARLES HUTZLER  BEIJING - A group of Chinese scholars and retired officials has petitioned China's legislature to halt the privatization of state companies, arguing it has widened the country's income gap and fueled social unrest, a petitioner said Tuesday.
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Businesses in China are having a hard time finding able-bodied workers and are having to pay the workers they can find more money.
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Chinese industrial production speeds up in May in spite of government measures to control the fast-growing economy.
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Increased Chinese steel exports give the industry indigestion.
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Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers have been attacked after striking over unpaid wages, state media reports.
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China increases its hold over the media with new rules on how courts release information, state media says.
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China declared martial law in part of a central province after at least seven people were killed, 42 injured and numerous houses set ablaze in clashes between minority Muslims and Han Chinese, officials said on Monday.
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Rising wages on China's more prosperous eastern coast are pushing some factories inland where labor is cheap.
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Employees of retail giant  Wal-Mart have set up their first trade union in China, a move  analysts said on Monday could lead to more unionization in the  sector.
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The politically sensitive gap in incomes between China's booming cities and the poor countryside is widening
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Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China&#39;s central Henan province after deadly clashes between China&#39;s ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.
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Employees at the China headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have set up a Communist Party branch, part of a growing campaign to expand the ruling party's presence in foreign companies.
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The increase prompted the U.S. to renew calls for more transparency about the intent of Chinaâs arms buildup.
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CHANGCHUNLING, China -- About 1,000 farmers gathered in the village meeting hall here at 8 a.m. on Dec. 19 and proclaimed what amounted to a revolt against China's communist land-ownership system.