On 20 March 2019, Wei Zhili, a labour activist and editor of the pro-labour social media group “New Generation” (新生代), was arrested at his home in Guangzhou. Two of his coworkers, Yang Zhengjun and Ke Chengbing, have also gone missing. In the preceding months, Wei—or, as friends call him, “Xiaowei”—had been assisting workers with pneumoconiosis […]
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Made in China is an open access quarterly journal on Chinese labour, civil society, and rights. Established in 2016 and edited by a group of young scholars, the Journal aims at bridging the gap between academia and the general public, fostering debate about the latest trends in Chinese society, with particular attention to labour and human rights.