> He's always been sympathetic to that labor line. EPI too. It's hilarious when American unionists pound the pulpit about labor rights in China. There's far more labor militancy there than here - and they have rising wages to show for it.
With the new contract laws, Chinese workers now have more rights than US workers, nominally at least.... The similarities are striking too: moribund, similarly acronymed unions that are completely beholden to one political party. At least ACFTU has the excuse of not really having a choice.