Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

As wage arrears escalate in the run up to the Lunar New Year, the trade union needs to act
China Labor Bulletin, November 21, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/wage-arrears-escalate-run-lunar-new-year-trade-union-needs-act

湖南省桃江縣有中學集體肺癆 多名官員及校長遭革職 (Officials and head of school removed from duty after cluster TB outbreak in rural Hunan)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1365975-20171121.htm

Related:
Officials sacked for tuberculosis outbreaks in Central China
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/21/content_34808821.htm

China punishes 6,190 officials in anti-graft campaign
Xinhua News Agency, November 21, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/21/c_136766895.htm

北京大兴火灾已致19死8伤 警方刑拘18人 (Police criminally detains 18 people after Beijing outskirt flame claimed 19 lives and injured 8)
People’s Daily, November 20, 2017
http://bit.ly/2hI0o5K

Related:
Another tragedy unfolds in Beijing’s migrant worker shanty towns
China Labor Bulletin, November 20, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/another-tragedy-unfolds-beijing%E2%80%99s-migrant-worker-shanty-towns