China Power. China Inequality.
Excellent post over at the Time China Blog, entitled, "Comments on Slavery From a Former Prisoner," on how none of the "big fish" behind the China brick kiln forced labor have yet been touched. Though I am not usually a fan of analogizing China's problems to those of other countries as though every criticism of China has to be countered with something indicating, "the rest of the world is not perfect either," I do like the analogy to, along with, the distinctions from Abu Ghraib.
It is worth a read.
Comments (2)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endCharles Liu - July 29, 2007 4:32 PM
Say, isn't China's Gini coefficient about the same as US?
The kiln story is, as a single story, is rather annecdotal IMHO.
It's kinda like the "summer camp wallet making" story. Never mind that much of our history significant percentage of population (Native Americans, African Americans, now Mexicans "illegals") are slaves.
Charles Liu - July 29, 2007 4:32 PM
Say, isn't China's Gini coefficient about the same as US?
The kiln story is, as a single story, rather annecdotal IMHO.
It's kinda like the "summer camp wallet making" story. Never mind that much of our history significant percentage of population (Native Americans, African Americans, now Mexicans "illegals") are slaves.