Using Propaganda to Stop China’s Strikes

‘ Government and industry search for ways to calm the country’s factory hands Less than two years after the worker suicides at electronics giant Foxconn and a strike at Honda (HMC) suppliers in Guangdong province, labor troubles are again roiling China. On Nov. 17 around 7,000 workers at a Taiwanese-owned New Balance supplier in Dongguan protested plans to [...]

Written on December 26, 2011 | Posted in News

Hong Kong Sees 20 IPOs From Mainland by Dec. 31: China Overnight

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — As many as 20 Chinese companies plan initial public offerings in Hong Kong by year-end and more non- state businesses are preparing to follow government-owned peers to seek listings, an executive of the city’s exchange said. While about 110 companies are seeking approval to list their shares and about 40 have [...]

Written on December 6, 2011 | Posted in News