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China's Way Forward - The Atlantic (April 2009)China's Way Forward Video: "China Climbs the Ladder" O ur apartment in Beijing overlooks one of the city’s long-distance bus terminals, where people arrive from the countryside to find work or sell wares, and depart for visits or permanent returns to their home villages. Early last summer, ...
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China's Way Forward - The Atlantic (April 2009)China's Way Forward Video: "China Climbs the Ladder" O ur apartment in Beijing overlooks one of the city’s long-distance bus terminals, where people arrive from the countryside to find work or sell wares, and depart for visits or permanent returns to their home villages. Early last summer, ...
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The flaws in Chinese business | Time to change the act | The EconomistBriefing Chinese business Business in China, like business everywhere else, is being walloped by the global crisis. The slowdown is also exposing some deeper flaws A SMALL stretch of land, a two-hour drive from end to end, reveals much about the economic transformation of a vast country. ...
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Mall of misfortune - The National NewspaperMall of misfortune Michael Donohue The people who work at the South China Mall, in the muggy, factory-filled city of Dongguan, have the honor of passing each day in the biggest shopping mall on the face of the planet. In theory, it’s a glorious place: a seven-million-square-foot ...Celainn LeNoir added 10 months ago
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Hong Kong travel guide - WikitravelOpen source travel guide to Hong Kong, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
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New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingtonpost.comDONGGUAN, China -- Wei Hoqiang used to work in a toy factory that forced him to sign a contract it did not let him read. It paid him 30 cents an hour, made him work 100 days without a day off, and kept him in a room that was ice cold in winter and suffocating in summer. He said he knew he was being......Twine added 19 months ago
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New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingtonpost.comDONGGUAN, China -- Wei Hoqiang used to work in a toy factory that forced him to sign a contract it did not let him read. It paid him 30 cents an hour, made him work 100 days without a day off, and kept him in a room that was ice cold in winter and suffocating in summer. He said he knew he was being......Twine added 19 months ago
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New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingto...Sent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingtonpost.com via www.washingtonpost.com on 5/11/08 DONGGUAN, China -- Wei Hoqiang used to work in a toy factory that forced him to sign a contract it ...
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New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingto...Sent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares - washingtonpost.com via www.washingtonpost.com on 5/11/08 DONGGUAN, China -- Wei Hoqiang used to work in a toy factory that forced him to sign a contract it ...
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China Digital TimesChina Digital Times (CDT) is a collaborative news weblog covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the global community. It aims to serve as a news aggregator, resource center, and an interactive community about China.Twine added 20 months ago