China remains a country where migrant workers are routinely exploited. But after a decade of stagnant wages, these workers are showing more willingness to demand their rights. Last year, factory workers rioted and held strikes in Guangdong. Other workers just left.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
China's Labor Shortage Woes
Capitalism at work in China! Workers of China Unite!
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I've been reading about this for a while and it seems that it is more about market forces. As the people see that their work has value and that they are needed, they are rising up and making just demands of their employers.
This is why Communism can never work. You have to repress people to get them to stay under that system. Hence gulags, secret police, and other forms of coercion
For all the talk about how formidable China is economically, On Feb 10, 2005, George Friedman posted an article on JWR titled "Why are the Chinese moving their money out of China?"
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