13. Labour rights (劳工权益)
One more case where Censorship makes it harder to solve social problems (审查制度使解决社会问题变得更加困难).
They key problem seems to be that you cannot freely establish a trade union without government approval, so you not as well represented as an employee.
The same general line that applies to any organization: every movement has to be government approved.
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2021 Mengzhu TODO Chinese name. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/984994360/he-tried-to-organize-workers-in-chinas-gig-economy-now-he-faces-5-years-in-jail
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2021-06-09 Protests held after it was announced that Nanjing University (C9 league, China’s Ivy League) would be merged with a vocational institute (much much less prestigious)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57409218 Normal University’s Zhongbei College
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scuffle videos
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2021-03-02 Chen Tianhe https://web.archive.org/web/20210623101950/https://en.appledaily.com/article/EK4WOQBICNEGDFP2SSG7ZJ3PGI/ (Chinese version) "Chinese food delivery worker detained after campaigning for labor rights":
Chinese authorities have detained a worker after he advocated for fair pay and other labor rights from his former employer, the food delivery giant Ele.me.
Chen Tianhe (陳天河) has not been heard from since he was detained on Feb. 25, according to mainland Chinese media reports.
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2020 City Dream film (城市梦) Weijun Chen’s (陈为军) lively new film documents the struggles of Wang Tiancheng, an elderly and cantakerous street vendor in Wuhan, China, whose business is threatened by the development of a new retail district.
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2021 http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007364 New Film Turns the Tables on China’s Infamous 'Chengguan' (城管)
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not censured in China:
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