Crane Workers Organize Momentous Nationwide Strike
In the run-up to International Workers’ Day on May 1, crane workers across China organized a joint strike in protest of stagnant wages and poor working conditions. Initially organized by the Changsha...
View ArticleMinitrue: Delete News on Truck Drivers’ Strike
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleStrikes by Taxi Drivers Spread Across China
Strikes by taxi drivers has spread to numerous Chinese cities, spurred by complaints about mistreatment by their companies and excessive fees—as well as the growing competition from ride-sharing...
View ArticleThe Fury of the Chinese Cabbie
Bloomberg’s Dexter Roberts examines the wave of taxi strikes that have struck several Chinese cities this year amid growing pressure on labor activism: Government media have said the fees taxi drivers...
View ArticleVisualizing China’s Strike Activity
On his Dart-Throwing Chimp blog, political scientist Jay Ulfelder presents a series of graphs illustrating strike activity across China since January 2011. The data comes from China Labour Bulletin’s...
View ArticleStrikes on the Rise in China as Economy Slows
China’s slowing economy has led to an increase in worker strikes, disputes, and protests, as has been documented by many, including the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin and the Supreme People’s...
View ArticleLabor Groups Collaborate Amid Growing Strikes
Reuter’s Nandita Bose reports that a Chinese Walmart worker group received strategic advice from U.S. labor group OUR Walmart as it organized a strike against work schedule changes earlier this month....
View ArticleAuthorities Attempt to Manage Rising Labor Unrest
In recent years, China’s slowing economy has led to a steady growth in labor unrest, with China Labor Bulletin having recorded more than twice as many strikes and protests last year compared to 2014....
View ArticleActivist’s Confession Puts Focus on “Foreign Forces”
On Monday, three labor activists associated with Guangdong’s Panyu Worker’s Center were sentenced for “gathering a crowd to disturb social order,” 10 months after they and others were detained last...
View ArticleLabor Activist Sentenced Amid Rising Unrest
On November 3, labor activist Meng Han was sentenced to 21 months in prison, making him the fourth person associated with the Panyu Migrant Workers’ Center in Guangdong to be tried for his work...
View ArticleDocumentary Shows Tide Turn Against Labor Activism
The conviction last September of three prominent labor activists for “gathering crowds to disturb social order” may have marked the final end of an era of “pragmatic authoritarianism” toward labor...
View ArticleProtest Tracker Lu Yuyu Sentenced to Four Years
On Thursday citizen journalist Lu Yuyu was sentenced to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a catch-all “pocket crime” frequently used to prosecute activists in place of...
View ArticleCornell Suspends Exchanges After Protest Crackdown
Two weeks ago, CDT translated a deleted essay by Renmin University student Xiang Junwei describing university authorities’ “blacklisting” of Marxist students who had traveled to Shenzhen to support a...
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Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in 2018, this small fraction of which were then leaked and distributed online. The names...
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Underpaid And Squeezed By Algorithms, Delivery Drivers Strike
Several recent reports have exposed the extreme hardships imposed on Chinese delivery drivers by unforgiving algorithms, merciless delivery companies, and expectant consumers. At NPR this week, Emily...
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