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Mentally disabled sent to work in Xinjiang causes uproar

A series of disturbing photographs have been passing around the internet: mentally disabled men from Sichuan are being sent to Xinjiang to do manual labor. The Chongqing Business News reports this today, as well as the Tibet Business Daily.

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Medical Stand-Ins Dupe Physical Exams

A report in today’s The Beijing News says that the medical examination stand-ins in Beijing are making a good living by helping people pass their physical examinations.

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1,900-yuan fine for downloading porn at home

Chinese Business View (华商报): A man was fined 1,900 yuan for downloading pornography from the Internet.

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Mr Wu and Family, by Pallavi Aiyar

One of communism’s lingering legacies in China was a basic belief in the dignity of labour and to me it was this belief that created the broadest gulf between India and China; a chasm ultimately much harder to bridge than that of GDP growth rates or flashy infrastructure.

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CNN apology not accepted

The Beijing News (新京报): The conflict between China’s Foreign Ministry and CNN wages on.

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Expensive resignation

Zheng Zhihong (郑志宏), a airliner pilot, was judged by court to pay his employer, China Eastern Airlines, 1.4 million yuan in compensation to end his work contract.

The China Eastern Airline asked for 12.57 million yuan from Zheng to compensate the training cost that has been spent on him.

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China Businesscast: China’s new labor law, everybody gets tenure

An interview with Steve Dickinson on China’s new labor law.

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