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...toll highlights more than the awful conditions in an industry that the China Labor Bulletin calls "blood coal." It also exposes one of the most critical issues faced by Beijing: the inability of the central government to get local authorities to follow orders. The official Chinese media repeatedly feature stories on how local administrators ignore orders from Beijing on everything from controlling public spending and cracking down on corruption to protecting the environment. "Mining is the perfect case study of central-government relations with local government in China," says Arthur Kroeber, editor of the China Economic Quarterly. "The clash...
...frightening prospect in a country whose future depends on how the current boom is handled. If China's economy continues on its hell-for-leather path, the country's air and water will become even more filthy than they are now, and its workers--many of whom labor in appalling conditions--will never enjoy the fruits of its economic growth. Yet no matter how enlightened Beijing technocrats may be or how thoughtfully new regulations may read, if local governments can do whatever they want, all is lost. Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), regularly warns...
...hard-liners. The only immigration bill that Congress managed to push through last session cracked down on illegal border crossing. At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security has stepped up work-site enforcement of laws banning the employment of illegal immigrants. The effect has been a marked labor shortage, especially in agriculture. Growers nationwide blame the shortage for losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. With business leaning on lawmakers to do something, the crackdown has "increased the chances of comprehensive immigration reform," says a senior Senate Republican aide...
...most exhaustively screened migrants. But Bush Administration critics say the biggest reason Washington has been slow to act is that doing so would be an admission of failure in Iraq. Says Harold Koh, dean of Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "If the U.S. government were to do an active resettlement regime for Iraqi refugees, it would be conceding that its own rhetoric about the situation in Iraq becoming safe and stable anytime soon is a fantasy...
...help address the FAS budget deficit. In this way, FAS limits the amount of any increase that is passed on directly the College. The net effect is a lack of funding for numerous student life initiatives, including the HUDS meal plan. In the past years, fuel prices and labor wages have risen dramatically but FAS has been unwilling to increase HUDS’s portion of the tuition to account for this, resulting in a net loss in services. HUDS performs incredibly well given their financial constraints. I am certain that HUDS, the Committee on House Life, and the College...