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Ruse in Toyland: Chinese Workers' Hidden Woe

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Kin Ki Industrial, whose employees make the decades-long popoular Etch A Sketch toy for Bryan, OH-based Ohio Art Co., represents an example of Chinese manufacturers who sustain unpleasant working conditions and illegally low wages for its toy workers. Company officials provide official crib sheets that describe a working environment that does not exist whenever Chinese inspectors come to investigate or Ohio Art officials check to insure that their savings from overseas manufacturing are not based upon exploitation of employees. Kin Ki workers are mainly teenage migrants who work seven days per week, make less than 40% of company-stated earnings, and receive no additional benefits. Their recent two-day strike resulted in steps to improve their conditions.

Legal issues & crime, Labor force information, Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles, Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Personnel administration, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Company legal issue, Cases, Investigations, Compensation and benefits, Labor relations, Employment, Toy industry, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Working conditions, Ohio Art Co.

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Expose of Peasants' Plight Is Suppressed by China

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The publishers of Chen Guidi's and Wu Chuntao's book "An Investigation of China's Peasantry" have been ordered by the government to cease publishing, as the book exposes vast differences in quality of life between urban and rural Chinese and also details specific examples of corruption and mistreatment.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Political aspects, Portrayals, Rural conditions, Works, Political activists, Activists, Social reformers, Civil rights, Reformers, An Investigation of China's Peasantry (Book), Chuntao, Wu, Cuidi, Chen

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Behind China's Bid for Unocal: A Costly Quest for Energy Control

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The China National Offshore Oil Corporation's bid to acquire Unocal Corp. is just one facet of China's push to secure foreign energy sources and loosen America's grip on the industry.

Acquisitions & mergers, Government domestic functions, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, International politics, Petroleum refining, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Energy policy, Petroleum industry, International relations, Unocal Corp., China National Offshore Oil Corp., Foreign policy, Hu Jintao

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