China's migrant labour force seem to be on a year long holiday. Wages of 2000 Yuan/month are not tempting them back. “The fluidity of this labor market is beyond our comprehension.”
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China's southern Guangdong province will resume the weeklong May Day holiday this year in a bid to revive the economy. In 2007, China cut the May Day holiday from 7 to 3 days to ease overcrowded travel. The holiday will fall on May 1-7. Two days will be paid leave and local residents will have to work over the weekend of May 9-10.
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Then I saw the cops talking to each other quietly. One of them came up to me. 'We're hungry, we are thinking about going for lunch,' he said. I told him there were 150 people out of control outside, but he insisted it was time for a break.
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Wages are going up, up, up for Chinese workers according to China's National Bureau of Statistics.
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Do the recent changes in Chinese labor law have any teeth? Or are they just political pandering?
read more »Fuzhou is currently the world's leading supplier of illegal Chinese immigrants. If you've ever eaten General Tso's chicken in an American Chinese restaurant, chances are you've benefited from the labor of Fuzhouites. Where do all these cooks and dish washers come from and why do they seek their fortunes in the US?
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