The Wretched Acts of Domestic Worker Abuse
Some people think they have the carte blanche to treat foreign live-in help in barbaric ways. And sometimes the law lets them get away with it.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
The Tiananmen Dissident: Blind and Deaf after 21 Years in Jail
Though he was not placed on China's most wanted list, the punishment meted out to Li Wangyang was heavier than for any of the student leaders.
The asia! team
Go Home, We Don't Need You Anymore!
Migrant Chinese workers, who found work in the Promised Land, may now be hung out to dry by the Israeli government.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Being a Palestinian Worker in the Israeli Settlements
Do you serve in the national struggle against the annexation of your people, or ignore it in order to put bread on the table?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Japan: Where Taking a Vacation is a No-No
Why is the country number one in the world in logging in an extraordinary number of hours at work?
SCILLA ALECCI
Of Strikes and Suicides
Recent events at Foxconn and Honda have turned the spotlight on China’s workers. Is the era of cheap Chinese labour coming to an end?
LANG YAN
You’re Our Bargaining Chip, Our GDP
Chinese celebrity blogger and TIME magazine’s No. 2 most influential person, Han Han, on the tragedy of the recent Foxconn suicides.
Staff Writer
Hard Work, Hard Life
Blogger and student leader, Chantal Eco, shares with us the plight of dockyard workers in Leyte, Philippines, who survive with what little they have.
CHANTAL ECO
Persian Pipe Dreams: Hope or Hoax?
Faced with unemployment and poverty at home, Nepalis dream of becoming labourers in the Middle East.
KRYSTINA DERRICKSON