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Article

9 Dec 2008

Author:
John Liu, Stephanie Wong, Bloomberg

China Boomtown Withers as Buyers Push Worker Rights

“The U.S. is really putting us into a dilemma,” says Li, who employs 100 people at his plant in Dongguan, Guangdong province, which makes candy versions of Winnie the Pooh and other Walt Disney Co. characters. “Clients talk about high-quality products and human rights in one breath, and in the next they’re telling us we have to cut prices.”...China’s leaders, concerned mass unemployment may trigger unrest, are rolling back some provisions of the new labor law. [also refers to Strategic Sports, Wal-Mart, Mattel, Hasbro]