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Tra sindacato ufficiale e organizzazioni della società civile: Nuove strategie di tutela dei diritti dei lavoratori nella Cina Popolare
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The Last Days of Shi Yang
Full text linkWhat follows is a fictionalised account of the last days of Shi Yang (1889-1923) based on the prison diaries included in the commemorative volume Shi Yang jinian wenji (Museum of the 7 February Massacre, Wuhan 1988). Shi Yang was a weiquan lawyer ante litteram, and to this day he remains an inspiration to many labour activists in China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates him as a martyr of the revolution, the irony of which will not escape those who are aware of the plight of human rights lawyers and labour activists in the country today. That in April 2018 the Chinese government passed a new law to protect the reputation and honour of 'its' heroes and martyrs can be seen as further adding to the irony
Made in China Yearbook 2018 : Dog Days
Full text linkAccording to the Chinese zodiac, 2018 was the year of the ‘earthly dog’. In the middle of the long, hot, and feverish dog days of the summer of 2018, some workers at Shenzhen Jasic Technology took their chances and attempted to form an independent union. While this action was met by the harshest repression, it also led to extraordinary demonstrations of solidarity from small groups of radical students from all over the country, which in turn were immediately and severely suppressed. China’s year of the dog was also imbued with the spirit of another canine, Cerberus—the three-headed hound of Hades—with the ravenous advance of the surveillance state and the increasing securitisation of Chinese society, starting from the northwestern region of Xinjiang. This Yearbook traces these latest developments in Chinese society through a collection of 50 original essays on labour, civil society, and human rights in China and beyond, penned by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world
Revisiting Chinese Labour NGOs: Some Grounds for Hope?
Full text linkIn this first issue, you will find summaries of recent events that have taken place in China, as well as a series of columns on specific topics, such as the recent wave of protests in the Chinese state sector and the expected impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on labour rights. We devote the core of the first issue to the plight of Chinese labour NGOs, contextualising it through a debate between three prominent international labour experts. Finally, we celebrate the award of the prestigious Joseph Levenson Prize to Luigi Tomba, a long-standing researcher of Chinese labour
Chinese Workers and the Law: Misplaced Trust?
Full text linkIn recent years, much has been written about the ‘rights awakening’ (quanli de juexing) of Chinese workers. But what kind of rights are we talking about? Do they respond to an entirely subjective concept of justice or do they somehow coincide with the entitlements provided by the labour legislation? On the basis of a survey carried out among 1,379 employees of Italian metal mechanic companies in China, this article will attempt to answer three key questions: how do Chinese workers perceive the labour contract? How much do they know about labour legislation and how does this knowledge affect their trust of the law? What do they think about going on strike as a strategy to protect their rights
Outsourcing Exploitation: Chinese and Cambodian Garment Workers Compared
Full text linkIn recent years, much has been written about
how increasing labour costs in China are
pushing investors to move labour-intensive
production to other countries where wages
are still low. But what does this shift in global
capital trends entail for workers? How do
the workforces in these new outsourcing
destinations fare compared to their Chinese
counterparts? In order to gain a better
understanding of the human cost of this latest
capital flight, this essay compares garment
workers in China and Cambodia, considering
the wages they receive in relation to the
context of their expectations and needs
La stampa in Cina tra controllo e apertura. Giornalisti freelance in Cina
No full textAgli occhi del lettore italiano la Cina può apparire un paese monolitico e autoritario, dove la tutela del diritti individuali non è garantita, né esistono forme plurali di espressione e strumenti di partecipazione del cittadini alla vita pubblica. Questo libro propone uno sguardo più complesso e profondo sulla Cina del nostri giorni, forte di una serie di analisi che spaziano dall'ambito politico-giuridico al panorama del media, al mondo del lavoro. In particolare indaga Io sbocciare di germogli di società civile come l'ascesa del "popolo della rete", la cui influenza è sempre plu sensibile, la presenza di un dibattito politico sulla democrazia, il rafforzamento delle istituzioni giuridiche e della coscienza del diritti dei cittadini, l'organizzazione dal basso del lavoro. Finalmente un testo nuovo per capire la Cina, che, corne scritto con chiarezza da Alessandra Lavagnino nella prefazione, "è un paese diverso da quello patinato e trionfante, spregiudicato e anche temibile che ci arriva attraverso le nuove, sofisticate modalità della comunicazione ufficiale, ma è un paese che in qualche modo sentiamo, finalmente, più vicino, e che proprio grazie a queste pagine conosciamo un po' meglio"
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