China Should Be Held to Account for Its Companies’ Labor Abuses Abroad

China’s Crackdown on Foreign Firms Is a Symptom of a Much Deeper Problem

Many Chinese workers employed by Chinese companies abroad suffer degrading conditions. A China Labor Watch investigation in China’s Belt and Road nickel production projects in Indonesia, for example, found labor abuses such as wage withholding and extremely poor safety practices to be routine. Of course the employers shoulder much of the blame for these abuses, … Read more