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Growing signs of China’s economic slowdown - World Socialist Web Site

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Growing signs of China’s economic slowdown
By Oliver Campbell
12 June 2015

Statistics for May indicate that growth in key sectors of the productive economy in China, including manufacturing, continues to slow, while capital is increasingly moving into speculative investments in the share market, creating an unstable financial bubble.

Official indices showed a 2.8 percent decline in exports in May, compared to the same month in 2014. The figure was a small improvement on results for March and April, which witnessed year-on-year declines of 14.6 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively.

#chine #économie

Chinese workers detain US businessman for a week - World Socialist Web Site

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Chinese workers detain US businessman for a week
By Oliver Campbell
29 June 2013

An American businessman detained for almost a week by employees at a medical supply factory in Beijing was released on Thursday, following negotiations and an agreement to compensate workers . The incident has highlighted the growth of social tensions stemming from the slowing of the Chinese economy, and a growing tide of foreign companies moving production to cheaper labour platforms in countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia.

#chine #sweatshops

Afghanistan: Sharp rise in civilian deaths - World Socialist Web Site
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Afghanistan: Sharp rise in civilian deaths
By Oliver Campbell
4 January 2013

While the US and its allies claim that the situation in Afghanistan “stabilised” in 2012, in preparation for a security handover to Afghan forces in 2014, increasing civilian casualties, daily drone strikes and a mounting social crisis reveal the real situation after more than a decade of US occupation.

According to a report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on December 14, at least 967 civilians were killed, and another 1,590 were injured in the third quarter of 2012. The figures indicate a 28 percent rise in civilian deaths between August 1 and October 31, compared to the corresponding period in 2011.

Statistics released by the US in early November showed that the US military had carried out 333 drone strikes in Afghanistan in the first 10 months of 2012. The average of 33 drone strikes per month was reportedly far higher than at any time in the 11-year US occupation. The monthly average in 2011 was 24.5.

#afghanistan #états-unis

Bangladesh factory fire report blames “sabotage” - World Socialist Web Site

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By Oliver Campbell
20 December 2012

According to officials quoted in the media, a Bangladesh government inquiry into the Tazreen garment factory fire last month has identified “sabotage,” combined with negligence by the factory owner, as the causes of the tragedy, which claimed 112 lives and injured another 150 workers. The report was handed to the home secretary on Monday, but has not been publicly released.

The disaster, which occurred on the night of November 24, was the worst in the long history of factory fires in Bangladesh and provoked angry demonstrations by thousands of sweatshop factory workers. It again highlighted the role of the major international clothing corporations, which exploit Bangladesh’s cheap labour, and the government itself, which permits the factory operators to flout safety standards.

Chinese journalist arrested for reporting homeless children’s deaths

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By Oliver Campbell
28 November 2012

Li Yuanlong, the journalist who broke the story of five homeless children being found dead in an industrial rubbish bin in Bijie, in China’s south-western province of Guizhou, has reportedly been sent on a forced “vacation.”

The children apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning after lighting a coal fire to stay warm in the bin in which they were sleeping. Their deaths quickly became the focal point of popular hostility to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime. Bijie is a centre of coal mining, known for its high levels of poverty. The incident, along with criticism of the authorities, featured prominently on social media sites and blogs.