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Fights Over Chinese Labor Reform

By Brian J. Rogal

Last March, in his annual speech to the National People’s Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced wide-ranging economic reforms of “epoch-making significance,” including a new labor law that would crack down on inhumane working conditions. But the move sparked opposition from many American and European corporations, even though they have long claimed that their business activities in the People’s Republic… return to article

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