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The article below, taken from the China Youth Daily, outlines just one of the problems that face China’s vast army of migrant workers and reveals the fundamental insecurity of their position within China despite the massive contribution they make to the Chinese economy.
04 March 2003 A FEW CARROTS AND PLENTY OF STICK: THE RUN-UP TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORKERS PROTESTS IN LIAOYANG
04 March 2003 A FEW CARROTS AND PLENTY OF STICK: THE RUN-UP TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORKERS PROTESTS IN LIAOYANG
Liaoyang Authorities in Renewed Crackdown on Worker Protests Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that authorities in the northeastern industrial city of Liaoyang have arrested labor leader Wang Dawei, and have taken suppressive action against further street protests by disgruntled workers.
City People's Procuratorate of Liaoyang, Liaoning Province INDICTMENTStamp: Copy of Original (1) Liaoshijian Gong Xingsu (2002) No. 103 (2)
On 27 January 2003 the American Federation of Teachers adopted a resolution on China concerning the ongoing suppression of workers’ demands for freedom of association.Full text followsAFT RESOLUTION ON DEMOCRACY AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN CHINA AND HONG KONG
Old Tricks: The Authorities Break Rules on Access to LawyerAs is already well known, the authorities are ignoring the rights of the arrested Liaoyang workers' representatives by denying them access to defense lawyers. Throughout the legal process, they have denied defence lawyer Mo Shaoping reasonable access to his client, Yao Fuxin.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONALPRESS RELEASEAI Index:ASA 17/005/2003(Public)News Service No:00814 January 2003People's Republic of China: 'Subversion' chargesmust not be used to imprison rights activistsTomorrow (15 January 2003) two labour rights activists, Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang,
Please join our appeal and send online letters on behalf of the Liaoyang Four. Now that a trial date has been set for Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang, your support is urgently needed.
China: International Action Needed on Workers’ Trials (New York, January 10, 2003) — The upcoming subversion trials of two labor organizers in northeast China are a direct threat to the rights of all Chinese workers, Human Rights Watch said today.

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