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The End of China’s Labor Regime?

The End of China’s Labor Regime? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
by Kevin Lin Ed. note:  The New York Times Business Day section (10 March 2016) included a feature article entitled "Not the Chinese Dream" by Owen Guo, that highlighted the inability or unwillingness of China's 257 million [internal] migrant workers to occupy the thousands of vacant urban apartments that are weighing down the Chinese economy.…
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China's workers are turning from analogue slaves into digital rebels - The Guardian

China's workers are turning from analogue slaves into digital rebels - The Guardian | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
With a wave of strikes co-ordinated on social media, the migrant workforce is using 21st-century tools to fight poverty, corruption and sweated labour
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China's Manufacturers Are Shifting Towards Zero-Labor Factories

China's Manufacturers Are Shifting Towards Zero-Labor Factories | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A company in South China’s Guangdong province is building the city’s first zero-labor factory. It’s an effort to address worker shortages and rising labor costs, but the rise of semi-autonomous “smart factories” could be a sign of things to come, in China and elsewhere.
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