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8 August 2011

China: Taxi Drivers and Railway Workers on Strike

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

A new wave of strikes are taking place in China. This time it is not among rural migrant workers working in sweatshops, but among drivers and employees in the urban public transportation sector.

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2 November 2010

Chile and China: Rescuing the miners

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia, Latin America

The news about the successful rescue of 33 miners by the Chilean government on October 14 was followed by the news of a mining accident in Pinyu county, in the Henan province in China only two days later, which resulted in the deaths of 37 miners.

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19 October 2010

China: Afterthoughts of Foxconn tragedies

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

Foxconn, a Taiwanese company and the world's largest maker of electronic components, has become one of the most notorious corporations in China after 13 consecutive suicides of its workers in 2010....

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22 September 2010

China: Rights to strike

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

The past year has seen a growing number of Chinese laborers fighting for their rights in incidents from across the country; a recent move by Chinese workers to go on strike in Russia has raised questions on both sides of the border.

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27 December 2009

China and Hong Kong: Bodyguards and Assassins

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

Bodyguards and Assassins is an action movie released during Christmas in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. As a patriotic film, it was originally set to release in October for celebrating...

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14 December 2009

China: Another elite's suicide - the story of Yang Yuanyuan

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

YANG Yuanyuan, a 30-year-old postgraduate at Shanghai Maritime University, hanged herself in her bathroom on November 25. She told her mother that knowledge cannot change destiny on the day before she...

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