by chuang | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog
Translation of《盘点罢工工人被刑拘事件 ——我们唯有团结一致 》(Reviewing cases of strike workers’ detention: we must unite in solidarity) from the “Little iLabour” (小生) WeChat feed, reposted on iLabour here. Translated by Wen for Chuang. Background: This piece compiles a few examples of a...
by chuang | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog
Review by Wen for the Chuang blog Book: Workers’ Democracy in China’s Transition from State Socialism by Stephen E. Philion (Routledge, 2009) —– This blog has focused on contemporary struggles, especially those of migrant workers in the private and...
by chuang | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog
Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images from The Guardian. Article by Ralf Ruckus, reposted from Gongchao (September 20, 2015). —– In days of panic selling and bursting bubbles, the Chinese stock markets appear to be a casino of roulette bets on future economic...
by chuang | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog
Photo by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin, from R&K. Highlights Zombie Factories Stalk the Sputtering Chinese Economy – NY Times, Aug 30 “To protect jobs and plants, the government and its state-owned banks sometimes keep money-losing businesses on life support by...
by chuang | Aug 21, 2015 | Blog
Photo by EPA. Late into the night on August 12, two massive explosions rocked the Port of Tianjin, immediately killing dozens and injuring hundreds of people. The explosions appear to have been caused by several hundred tons of unsafely stored sodium cyanide, in the...
