Child labour is now a widespread, systemic and increasingly serious problem in China, according to a 40-page English language report released today by China Labour Bulletin.

Small Hands: A survey report on Child Labour in China provides a timely, detailed and insightful analysis of the growing problem of child labour in China. Based on research carried out on the ground in 2005, the report explores both the demand for child labour in China and the supply of child labour stemming from serious failings in the rural school system.

In one year's time China will formally announce its emergence on the world stage as a powerful, prosperous and modern nation with a spectacular party attended by representatives from every nation on Earth. For the Chinese government, the Olympic Games will be the culmination of two decades' work stretching back to the original bid for the Games in the year 2000.

China Labour Bulletin welcomes the new law, but cautions that without determined enforcement, labour abuses are unlikely to decline.

The Labour Contract Law approved by . . .

Wal-Mart Unionisation Drive Ordered by Hu Jintao in March – A Total of 17 Union Branches Now Set Up

Since July 29, the ACFTU's drive to set up un . . .

International Women's Day

The "Nine Lives" of a Chinese Woman Migrant Worker: Ms. Zhang Tells Her Story

8 March 2006

Interview with daughter of Xiao Yunliang: Family under close surveillance after release of Liaoyang workers' leader

Xiao Yunliang, a leader of Liaoyang Ferroalloy Factory wo . . .

Xiao Yunliang freed 24 days before jail sentence ends

Prominent labour activist Xiao Yunliang was released from prison on 23 February, only 24 days before his four-year jail sentence ended.

THE SHORT WORKING LIFE OF DENG WENPING
 
Silicosis victim dies just months after receiving compensation
 
It is with much sadness that CLB repor . . .

A jewellery worker in Guangdong who contracted life-threatening silicosis because of unsafe working conditions has been awarded record compensation of nearly half a million yuan, to be paid by his . . .

Deconstructing d . . .