Protesters clash with police at COVID antigen kit maker factory in China, videos showOnline users said the protest was over wages and the layoff of several workers by the manufacturer, Zybio, in the central municipality of C...
08 Jan, 2023, 03.02 PM IST
Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy fails as new cases found in ChinaChina is currently witnessing a spike in the number of protests. People are demonstrating against harsh lockdowns and the zero-covid policy...
05 Dec, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Unsung hero of Covid zeroIn 2018, Marxist activists organising workers at the Shenzhen Jasic Technology factory in a failed unionisation drive were detained after d...
01 Dec, 2022, 11.07 PM IST
Apple supplier Foxconn apologises for pay-related error at China iPhone plant after worker unrestHundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's major iPhone plant China's Zhengzhou this week, with some men smashing surveillance camera...
24 Nov, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Good deal for garment workers to benefit Awami League in poll-bound BangladeshDespite near doubling of wages, if Bangladesh can hold its own in the hypercompetitive garment export industry, it will be a victory for ev...
18 Nov, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
- Asian economies see opportunity as China's lustre dims
Labour costs and the value of China's currency are sending ripples around Asia as countries jostle to lure manufacturers that are rethinkin...
04 Jul, 2010, 10.40 AM IST
- Strike ends at Japanese electronics plant in China: Report
Workers at a Japanese-owned electronics factory in northern China ended a strike and returned to work Saturday after reaching an agreement ...
03 Jul, 2010, 02.22 PM IST
- Chinese Premier pitches for improving conditions of workers
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has sought improved conditions for million of migrant workers, the force behind country's economic success story.
15 Jun, 2010, 05.42 PM IST
- Foxconn suicide probe to be made public
China will publish the results of an official probe into recent suicides at electronics maker Foxconn's giant manufacturing plant in south ...
13 Jun, 2010, 12.20 PM IST
- Honda China workers hold out for pay
Workers at a lock factory in southern China that supplies Honda Motor Co challenged managers on Friday, demanding higher pay and freedom to...
11 Jun, 2010, 04.08 PM IST
- China labour unrest spread to interiors
Labour unrest that began among foreign firms in South China's affluent Pearl Delta area is showing signs of spreading to poorer interior ar...
10 Jun, 2010, 01.51 PM IST
- Rising China wages to end cheap labour
The days of endless cheap labour in China could be numbered as a shortage of workers and government fears of social unrest drive up wages,
09 Jun, 2010, 11.10 AM IST
- China warns of 'grave' jobs situation
China on Tuesday warned of a "grave" situation in the jobs market with millions of graduates and migrant workers yet to find work as compan...
04 Aug, 2009, 11.20 AM IST
- China says 20 million migrants have lost jobs
An estimated 20 million migrant workers have lost jobs because of the global economic crisis, a Chinese official said.
02 Feb, 2009, 11.07 AM IST
- 'Reverse migration of workers could shake China's stability'
Rural provinces that supplied much of China's factory manpower are watching the beginnings of a wave of reverse migration.
02 Dec, 2008, 04.01 PM IST
- China warns of worse to come for its economy
China's economy slowed further in November, as he warned the govt was being forced to act to avoid massive unemployment and social unrest.
27 Nov, 2008, 01.14 PM IST
- Migrant workers riot in east China: rights group
Hundreds of workers rioted in eastern China for three days, a rights group and officials said.
14 Jul, 2008, 05.24 PM IST