Blackstone chairman to set up China scholarship
Stephen Schwarzman, the chairman of private equity firm Blackstone Group (BX.NYSE), is setting up a
Employment & Education
Foxconn to introduce union elections
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn (2038.HKG) said it will introduce democratic elections f
Japanese exports to China fell 14.5% in November
Japanese exports to China fell 14.5% in November, as a newly elected right-wing government in Tokyo
Real jobless rate double official figure
Survey shows wider income gap in China
A measure of China's income inequality rose to a dangerously high level in 2010, showing that the w
Local voices
Chinese employees saw very few businesses can escape the taint of corruption
Chinese employees saw very few businesses can escape the taint of corruption
Passing the buck
Wage pressures won’t derail Foxconn for long
Wage pressures won’t derail Foxconn for long
Migrant workers in Zhejiang protest over worker death
A protest involving around 1,000 migrant workers broke out on Tuesday in Zhejiang province, after a
Changing shifts
Chinese factory workers discuss wages and working conditions
Chinese factory workers discuss wages and working conditions
Chinese government to raise education spending to 4% of GDP
China's Ctrip sees Q4 revenues up 18% in 2011
Taiwan's Hon Hai boss on managing a zoo
Terry Guo, founder of Taiwanese firm Hon Hai, compares his large work force to animals:
A Chinese teenager on begging being preferable to working
A unnamed Chinese teenager explains why he prefers to fake a disability than having a job:
China adds 12m new jobs in 2011
Chinese students' US expenditure reaches US$4pt4bn
Students from China contributed at least $4.4 billion to the American economy in the school year ru
400 foreign firms in Shanghai increase wages
Salaries paid by over 400 foreign companies in Shanghai grew an average 11 percent year-on-year, 3.
Survey: Beijing and Shanghai 7th and 8th most expensive places to live in Asia
Beijing and Shanghai are now Asia's seventh and eighth most expensive places to live in and ranking
China's income gap widens fast
China's annual salary gap ratio between different industries was renewed to 4.2 :1 in 2010.
China to narrow wealth gap
China increased its spending on poverty reduction from 12.75 billion yuan in 2001 to 34.93 billion
China encourages private companies to hire more
The top 500 Chinese private firms hired about 5.61 million people, up 24.3 percent year-on-year, ac
10.58m: The jobs that could be created in China by the growth of the green sector
Masters in the making
Education is the backbone of any industry – including golf
Education is the backbone of any industry – including golf
Li Yan on the hassles of free information
Li Yan, a Chinese university student, on being forced to give up her governmental research:
100: The number of primary schools sponsored by tobacco companies in China
A migrant mother on her children's education
Wu Fang, a migrant Beijing mother, on changes to migrant educational policy:
Executives enjoy salary bonanza
Following the US policy, China also limited salaries in 2009 to 2.8 million yuan for executives of
China will begin regulating student test-prep books
China's Ministry of Education will increase regulatory oversight of the publication and distributio
Buddy Roemer on Mandarin lessons for Americans
Buddy Roemer, former Louisiana governor and US presidential candidate, on American jobs in
Chutes and ladders
A prominent China hand offers a practical guide to avoiding pitfalls in business
A prominent China hand offers a practical guide to avoiding pitfalls in business
Kam Wing Chan on cheap labor dependence outweighing poverty woes
Kam Wing Chan, a University of Washington professor, on China's rural migrants:
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