U.S. Lawmakers, Fair Labor Association Condemn Forced Labor of Uyghurs
Following widespread reports of forced labor by Uyghurs in Xinjiang and other parts of China, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers submitted a bill to restrict imports from Xinjiang. Austin Ramzy of...
View ArticleiPhone Manufacturer Found Exploiting Student Workers, Again
A Financial Times investigation has found that Apple supplier Pegatron illegally pressed students into assembling iPhone 12s at a factory outside of Shanghai. Apple blamed its contractor for coercing...
View ArticleNew Factories Next To Detention Centers Fuel Concerns Over Forced Labor In...
A new Buzzfeed News investigation shows that Xinjiang authorities have constructed massive factory facilities alongside internment camps where over one million ethnic minorities, primarily Uyghurs and...
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Translation: Death of Pinduoduo Worker Renews Outrage at “996” Overwork Culture
The sudden death of a 22-year-old female employee of e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has revived online furor about labor rights in the tech industry, and has prompted a government probe into the e-commerce...
View ArticleTranslation: Detention of Takeout Driver Advocate Highlights Digital-era...
Amid the ongoing pandemic, the services provided by food delivery platforms have become a lifeline for many shut-in or socially distanced consumers, in China and elsewhere. Despite the newfound...
View ArticleTranslation: Censors Erase Father’s Grief After Shenzhen Factory Suicide
Censors have scrubbed a father’s anguished “plea for help,” written in the aftermath of his son’s suicide, from Chinese social media. His son, a 17-year-old Hubei high school student, committed suicide...
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“996” Ruled Illegal Yet Labor Researchers, Activists Still Arrested
The Supreme People’s Court has ruled the much-reviled “996” 72-hour work week illegal. The January death of a 22-year-old Pinduoduo employee after working a late shift focused public anger on 996...
View ArticleChina Ratifies ILO Treaties Ahead of UN Visit to Xinjiang
On Wednesday, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) voted to ratify two conventions on forced labor. The conventions were established by the International Labor Organization...
View ArticleEU Unveils Plan to Ban Products Made With Forced Labor
On Wednesday, the European Commission officially released its proposal for banning products made with forced labor from entering EU markets. While the proposed regulation does not single out a specific...
View ArticleNetizen Voices: “XXXX Is Good, XX Will Care For You When You’re Old”
A news article lauding the police work behind the arrest of a 64-year-old construction worker in Shanghai’s Pudong district instead drew attention to the financial insecurity experienced by China’s...
View ArticleEssays on the True Meaning of March 8, International Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday focusing on gender equality, the rights of working women, reproductive rights, and the reduction of violence against women, among other...
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Museum Dedicated to Migrant Workers to Shut Its Doors
On May 18, a social media post (archived here) announced the impending closure and demolition of a well-known museum dedicated to documenting the lives and improving the welfare of China’s migrant...
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Nine-Dash Line Controversies Prompt Vietnam to Ban “Barbie,” China to Censor...
On the surface, neither the film “Barbie” nor a write-up of an academic’s research on migrant laborer poverty would seem to have anything to do with the South China Sea. Yet both are embroiled in...
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CCTV Lauds Workers “Battling the Heat” For Xi Jinping’s Pet Project
A CCTV report posted to Bilibili celebrating construction workers laboring in extreme heat came under severe criticism online this week. The report focused on workers in Xiong’an, Xi Jinping’s pet...
View ArticleCDT Chinese Editors’ Choices for the “Most Notable Reports of 2023”
At the close of 2023, CDT Chinese has compiled a series of year-end articles on a number of special topics, including sensitive words (part one and part two), censored articles, “rollover scenes,” and...
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