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  1. Shenzhen trade union promises more direct elections - clb.org.hk/en/node/110069
  2. Some thoughts on the outlook for Chinese factories in 2012 clb.org.hk/en/node/110068
  3. Labour activist scheduled for release after serving 11 year prison term for “subversion of state power" clb.org.hk/en/node/110067
  4. More Kafkaesque news - Officials in Harbin refuse to sanction work-related injury case because victim did not die clb.org.hk/en/node/110066
  5. CLB welcomes legal scholars and researchers to use our labour rights case database - clb.org.hk/en/conduct-res…
  6. In her latest blog, Jennifer Cheung discusses the beginnings of workers’ culture on Weibo clb.org.hk/en/view-blogs-…
  7. VOA - China Seeks to Assure Workers of Stability voanews.com/content/chines…
  8. Foxconn reportedly makes its managers promise not to stir up trouble clb.org.hk/en/node/110062
  9. Protesting factory workers released after 25 days in detention but still face possible criminal charges clb.org.hk/en/node/110061
  10. Jennifer Cheung describes how Weibo helped Dongguan factory workers get their voices heard clb.org.hk/en/view-blogs-…
  11. Nanjing’s 30-somethings work themselves to death - danwei.com/nanjings-30-so… See also this CLB story from last year clb.org.hk/en/node/101043
  12. Promoting the concept and practice of collective bargaining in China clb.org.hk/en/node/110056
  13. Terence McNamee commentary in the FT The real frontline of the Chinese in Africa - FT.com - Opinion on.ft.com/J9zXO2
  14. A look at the still critical issue of left-behind children and their migrant worker parents. Foreign Policy magazine. foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/…
  15. Wen Jiabao shows he is in touch with China’s workers - almost clb.org.hk/en/node/110052
  16. San Jose Mercury News takes a tour of Foxconn in Shenzhen - Apple, Foxconn open up about China factories mercurynews.com/business/ci_20…
  17. Pay disputes and factory relocations the focus of strike action in April clb.org.hk/en/node/110050
  18. China's migrant worker wages increased by 21% to 2,049 yuan per month on average in 2011, according to official figures clb.org.hk/en/node/110049