Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, Wu has traveled widely to publicize what he calls the injustice and the cruelty of China's laogai--its prison-labor camp system...
...return home with a new commitment to reform. Hopefully, once back in Beijing, Jiang will build on his reputation as an economic modernizer to become a force for social and political change as well, by ordering the release of political prisoners, ending the abusive laogai system of prison labor, strengthening freedom of speech at China's universities, guaranteeing freedom of the press and opening a dialogue with advocates of Tibetan independence. Among the many reforms China needs to make, these are five of the most pressing...
Congress has consistently decided to extend MFN status to China, most recently in May. The decision has always invoked heated debate between business interests and labor unions and human right activists...
This opinion is taken to a greater extreme by the AFL-CIO labor union...
...preamble in the WTO requires its member nations to obey a certain labor standard," he adds. "They must observe international workers' rights, and China has a long way to go before it can reach that standard...