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Carolynne Wheeler
Beijing 19 August 2009

Last fall, Lu Haicheng became a statistic, one of an estimated 20 million to 30 million Chinese migrant workers thrown out of work when his factory, hit by global recession, shut down.

China Labour Bulletin's English Website Editor Geoffrey Crothall appeared in the following television discussion on unemployment and social instability in China.

This edition of Al Jazeera's 101 East first aired Thursday 26 March 2009. Copyright Al Jazeera

China's 130 million rural migrant workers have helped build its economy to become the third largest in the world.

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2009-03-09
China's women have legal protection against workplace discrimination—at least in theory, they say.

AFP
HEFEI, China: Women check job listings as thousands gather at a job fair, Feb. 5, 2009.

About 70 workers laid off from a prison in Heilongjiang in 2003 were cheated out of their social security, medical and unemployment benefits. They filed petitions and lawsuits in an attempt to reclaim their benefits but all to no avail. And when they approached a local government office they were attacked by a group of thugs.

Every day since the Chinese New Year, thousands of new graduates have packed the halls of Shenzhen’s talent markets (rencai shichang 人才市场) on Bao'an North Road looking for jobs – the vast majority come away empty-handed. Companies are still recruiting but their requirements are getting tougher and the pay is getting lower.

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2009-02-10
In a conversation with Executive Editor Dan Southerland in Hong Kong, RFA's on-air labor specialist Han Dongfang discusses a range of topics on China, including workers’ rights, corruption, and the Chinese media.

RFA

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February 4, 2009, 1:56 am

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The global economic crisis threatens to derail much of the progress made by China’s workers over the last few years. But as CLB Director Han Dongfang points out, the Labour Contract Law has not gone away, and workers understand now just how effective strike action can be. Photo by Saad Akhtar

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Reuters
Thursday, January 15, 2009

By Ben Blanchard and James Pomfret
It's supposed to be a period of happy reunions, fireworks, feasting with family and gifts of cash stuffed into auspicious red envelopes.