Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'child labor'

Korean Children Left in China

By Radio Free AsiaFebruary 12, 2010 North Korean children left to fend for themselves in China are afforded no protection under the country's laws. AFP A warning sign is shown on a barbed-wire fence separating China and North Korea, May...

Despite Law, Job Conditions Worsen in China

By David Barboza | The New York Times June 23, 2009 Liu Pan, a 17-year-old factory worker, was crushed to death last April when the machine he was operating malfunctioned. Somehow Mr. Liu became stuck in the machine, his sister...

Child Labor Rings Reach China's Distant Villages

By David Barboza | The New York Times May 10, 2008 The mud and brick schoolhouses in the lush mountain villages of this remote part of southwestern China are dark and barebones in the best of times. These days, they...

China: End Child Labor in State Schools

By Human Rights WatchDecember 03, 2007 'Work and Study' Programs Put Hundreds of Thousands of Children at Risk The Chinese government should abolish the use of income-generating child labor schemes in middle and junior high schools because of their chronic...