China’s toxic air showing no signs of improvement
chinaworker.info
An unnamed 8-year-old Jiangsu girl has been diagnosed with lung cancer, China’s youngest known victim of the disease. Doctors at the hospital treating her blame exposure to air ...
Brutal attacks on doctors and nurses is a sign of a broken healthcare system
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
Several hundred Zhejiang hospital workers in white coats walked out on strike on 28 October. The staff at Wenling’s No. 1 People’s Hospi...
Chinese state steps up repression against Uighurs and other national minorities
chinaworker.info
Monday’s deadly incident in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, one of the most symbolic and heavily policed sites in China, has been classified as a “terr...
Support grows in campaign for release of imprisoned workers’ representative
chinaworker.info and CWI reporters
It is now five months since Wu Guijun, a migrant worker employed at the Diweixin Product Factory in Shenzhen, was taken into detentio...
Forbes rich list says 400 wealthiest people became 150 billion US dollars wealthier last year
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
“The rich are getting richer,” declared Russell Flannery, the bureau chief for Forbes Shanghai. The US magazine unveile...
Thousands protest against CCP officialdom over media lies and inadequate relief efforts • Suppressed CCTV news report says official bungling aggravated flooding
chinaworker.info
The city of Yuyao in Zhejiang province was hit by the region’s wor...
Shenzhen factory workers’ representative held by police for five months
chinaworker.info
On Wednesday 23 October, Wu Guijun, a migrant worker in Shenzhen, will have been held in police detention for five months. Wu has only very recently been f...
Over 100 workers at McDonald's supplier fighting for equal pay and conditions
chinaworker.info
GUANGZHOU Over 100 migrant workers at Hong Kong-owned Luen Shing Industries Limited have been in dispute with the company since August. According to ...
Workers’ representatives held in police cells for weeks – protest against the criminalisation of workers’ struggle
chinaworker.info
A chorus of protests grows louder over the extra-legal detention of Shenzhen workers’ representative Wu Guij...
Regime risks internal earthquake, as power struggle sharpens
Sally Tang Mei-Ching and Vincent Kolo
The outcome of the five-day trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai in August wasn’t what Chinese leaders intended – in that it further e...
