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In search of the missing kiln workers

Dou Jiangming (钭江明), a journalist with Southern Metropolis Daily, is conducting an internet campaign to find three hundred freed kiln slaves.

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Wu Si on the intractable problem of forced labor

Wu Si (吴思) talks about the history of slaves working in mines and kilns over the last few centuries in China.

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Political structure and the Shanxi kiln scandal

Zhu Dake (朱大可) writes about the Shanxi brick kiln slaves. A parody ‘internal report’ suggests that slavery should be a new form of economic development.

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