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Seeking a better life for their families, Chinese workers in Britain find exploitation, abuse and crime

Tue, 06/10/2008 - 16:33 — Geoff

Geoff's blog4:33 pm June 10 2008

“From the hell that is China, workers travel to the hell that is the undocumented person’s Britain.”

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An invaluable insight into the labour movement in Guangdong

Thu, 01/10/2008 - 11:54 — Geoff

Geoff's blog11:54 am January 10 2008

The violent attack in November on Shenzhen labour activist Huang Qingnan focused international attention, albeit briefly, on the labour movement in southern China.

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Introducing our new website

Wed, 12/12/2007 - 14:21 — Geoff

Geoff's blog2:21 pm December 12 2007

China Labour Bulletin finally enters the Twenty-first Century today with our first blog.

The blog will be written by different members of staff, and will update readers on our own particular areas of interest. I’m Geoffrey Crothall, editor of the English language website, and in this inaugural blog, I’ll try to explain the ideas behind our website’s redesign and the plans we have for future content.

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	The state of the labour movement in China
	CLB presents a detailed examination of the current struggle for workers’ rights in China at an international conference to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which opened in Paris on 4 December. Photo by Saad Akhtar.


	Migrant workers cheated out of 230,000 yuan – harassed and beaten by thugs
	Migrant workers in a food processing plant in Shandong worked 15-hour days in hazardous conditions, abused and exploited by management. During the final wage settlement, the boss hired local gangsters to intimidate and beat up the workers, even threatening to kill anyone who refused to accept the deal.


	No Way Out: A report on the human cost of China’s economic miracle
	A new report by CLB and Canada’s Rights and Democracy reveals how the lives of millions of workers were thrown into turmoil during the wholesale privatization of China’s state-owned enterprises in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Photo of abandoned SOE in Liaoning by Sonya@flickr.com


	Dongguan court’s dubious ruling in Nokia HBV discrimination case
	A Dongguan court on 22 October 2008 ruled against a plaintiff who was seeking 500,000 yuan in psychological damages after being refused employment at Nokia (China) because of his Hepatitis B (HBV) status. However, key evidence was not heard by the court. Photo by Pierrick Blons