Joseph Kahn of the NYT and IHT reports that Shanghai students are getting new history textbooks this year, ones that will play down the traditional socialist themes and concentrate on the "economic buzzwords" of the national press. J.P. Morgan, Bill Gates, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. space shuttles and Japan’s bullet train are […]
Category: Employment & Education
China may face steeper labour shortages as the working-age population declines, state media reported. The number of Chinese above 65 years of age has already hit the 100 million mark. To sustain the current levels of economic development the country will have to move away from labor-intensive growth and find a way to deal with […]
The creation of Wal-Mart's first Chinese union in the southeastern city of Quanzhou followed personal prompting from President Hu Jintao, state media reported, indicating efforts to unionize China's 150,000 foreign companies could intensify. In a written order to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in March, Hu told the union to "do a better […]
Executives from Wal-Mart have met with officials from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) to discuss the introduction of unions into all the retailer's Chinese stores, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks, which involve senior personnel from both sides, come after unions sprung up in at least […]
Two more Wal-Mart outlets in China have formed unions, bringing the total number of trade unions at the US retailer's stores in the country to four, state media reported Monday. Last Saturday, 31 employees at a Wal-Mart outlet in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, established the third union. A few hours later union number four […]