In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
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Worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups.
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An ageing population could damage the China's supply of cheap labour, the authorities warn.
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China, home to the world's deadliest mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as collieries start operations again following severe winter weather which forced many to close.
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In a generation, a rough-and-tumble form of capitalism is eclipsing the remnants of socialism in China.
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Low pay and poor conditions drove employees at two shoe plants in the Pearl River Delta to riot.
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The plight of the litchi industry shows both the promise and the pitfalls of China's economic growth, from the flood of investment to overproduction and crashing profits.
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Cheap Chinese products, which are flooding Asia, are met with deep appreciation by the regionâs poorest people.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Workers losing their jobs at a County Londonderry computer company are to hear details of redundancy terms.
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The good news is that child labor in Asia is decreasing. The bad news? It's not declining fast enough.
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Millions of Chinese workers, many headed home for the New Year's holiday, face delays amid some of the country's worst weather in the last 50 years.
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China's migrant workers are becoming an "urban underclass," held down by economic exploitation and residency rules that deny them access to medical, housing and education benefits, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.
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Half the world&#39;s 2.8bn workers are trapped in jobs that leave them and their families struggling to survive on less than $2 a day, with little prospect of escape from grinding
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Low-paid Chinese workers said to work 15-hour days as IOC urged to respect employees' rights.
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Millions of Chinese workers face long delays as they travel back to their factories after the New Year holidays, officials say
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Up to 75 percent of all urban Chinese suffer from ill health, and life expectancies are declining for skilled and educated workers as modern lifestyles exact a deadly toll, according to a study by the Chinese Red Cross.
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The country's labor force is stalling as urban workers, tired of paltry pay and rat-infested apartments, seek higher wages and better conditions in rural areas.