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China Becomes An Urban Nation At Breakneck Speed

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 12.03.2011

Every few minutes another car brakes sharply as it reaches Tangbaguan on Guiyang's new ring road. Another driver does a double-take. The dual carriage...

Toyota President Open To Raising Wages In China After Labor Unrest

AP | By DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's Cheap Labor Era Is Ending -- And These Products Are About To Get More Expensive

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

The end of the cheap, "Made-in China" era is near -- and it's going to affect your bottom line. Soaring labor costs fueled by worker shortages and s...

Your Jeans Pollute: Denim Industry Clouds The Pearl River Delta (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Everyone wears jeans, but it's not every day we think about what it takes to make that pretty blue color. Walking along the shore of the Pearl River D...

China's Silicon Sweatshops

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Hourly wages below a dollar. Firings with no notice. Indifferent bosses. Labor brokers that leech away months of a worker's hard-ear...

Beijing's Air Pollution: It Isn't The Cars

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Deborah Seligsohn

Contrary to popular perception both inside and outside China, Beijing's air pollution problem is not primarily due to increases in personal vehicle use. The true problem lies with industrial emissions.