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Academics respond to detention of students who supported workers trying to unionise
Employers report softer overall demand as rising costs push up FTCR Labour Market Index
Involvement of elite students a reminder for some of Tiananmen Square demonstrations
FTCR Labour Index at near two-year high as weaker service sector demand offset
Interns allegedly worked overtime and night shifts at Quanta factory in Chongqing
Authorities seek to fix pension shortfall without overburdening companies’ tax outlay
Critics say higher wages and better housing needed to help ‘left-behind’ children
Many Chinese manufacturers have reduced up to 40% of workforce as a result of automation
FTCR Labour Index shows hiring demand improving for third month as wages increase
US officials fear a mass incarceration is under way in north-west China but Beijing insists nothing is wrong in a region rich in resources but short on freedoms
Rallies support protesters detained in country’s biggest mass arrest of workers since 2015
Without Baishizhou’s cheaper housing, Shenzhen’s tech companies could not have thrived
Property no longer expected to buoy significant demand for commodities and labour
FTCR Labour Index helped by service sector and wages but underlying demand softer
China needs more babies; tackling workplace discrimination against women would help
As President Trump seeks to cut the US trade deficit with China, Martin Wolf explains what it will take for the Chinese to build a mass consumer market. Shenzhen’s tech trailblazers are anxious about rising property prices. Foreign manufacturers welcome the crackdown on copycats but are ambivalent about Trump’s trade bluster
Transformation of rural backwater into the new Shenzhen is still some way off
More content is being uploaded than a human workforce could possibly watch
FTCR China Labour Index seasonally weak as construction drags and wage growth stalls
We are seeing a necessary change towards more reliance on consumer demand
Temporary respite from choking pollution falls victim to industrial stimulus
Official figures show resident numbers in Beijing fell by 22,000 people in 2017
FTCR China Labour Index sees best January in three years but hirers say wages down
Pan Yabei is always on the move — as a delivery worker and as an evicted migrant
Beijing wants to encourage two-child families, which has fuelled job discrimination
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