China's miracle: the cost to workers

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This New Internationalist special feature looks behind the impressive economic statistics to find the human story - the sweat and the struggle underlying China's impressive growth record.

NOTE: This one year subscription will start with three free issues - the special issue on the Chinese Workers, plus two other recent issues. You'll also receive a fascinating free DVD about the bias inherent in world maps. GUARANTEE: Your three free magazines and DVD are yours to keep, even if you decide to cancel and receive a refund for all undelivered issues of your subscription.

Rights of workers

This is a tale of vast proportions: the largest migration in human history, the ruthless exploitation of the vulnerable, and the awakening of hundreds of thousands to their power and their rights. Analysis mixes with history and the voices of the workers to paint a picture of what is at stake both for China and the world.

Chinese migrant workers

An epic migration to the cities has been responsible for China's turbocharged economic performance. But, as this special edition of the New Internationalist magazine explains, the cost for many workers has been too great and they refuse to be quiet any longer. It is impossible to say just how many rural peasants have made this move in the past decade but estimates run from between 200 and 300 million people. This latter would be a population greater than that of the entire US. Even by official acknowledgement 20 million a year are leaving the land.

The cost of electronic gadgets

It's reported that last year a startling 18 Chinese migrant workers attempted suicide at Foxconn production facilities located in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Hebei Provinces. Fourteen died, while four survived with critical injuries. All were between 17 and 25 years old. Why did they, in the prime of youth, give up on their lives? Consumers around the globe face a dizzying array of choice in the latest electronics gadgets such as the iPhone 4, the iPod and iPad 2. These are all produced by the million-plus Foxconn workers in China alone. The company is projected to capture 50 per cent of the world market share in electronics manufacturing and service by mid-2011.

Solidarity with Chinese workers

As China's fledgling workers' movement finds its wings, an international support movement is also starting to gather pace. This movement spreads out from its observation post in Hong Kong to the regions of the world where the big international labels market their sweatshop wares. The magazine provides some crucial solidarity contacts.

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But this brief summary doesn't do justice to this very useful magazine. To get the full picture, please be sure to read this special issue of the New Internationalist.

Also in this issue of the New Internationalist magazine

Issue #441 of the New Internationalist magazine also includes:

Noam Chomsky on US power and the Middle East.
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya: what next for democracy?
Is Ethical Wealth a contradiction?

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