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China's Silicon Sweatshops

Global Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


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 08.05.2008 | Politics


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.