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Strikes For Higher Wages Spreading Among Teachers In China
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For the past few weeks, tens of thousands of teachers
have been going on strike in China to protest against
low wages and compulsory pension.
Some teachers reveal on the internet that their allowance
is only half of what others receive in other areas.
Neither have they received any subsidies for housing.
With over ten years of work experience, they are only
receiving slightly more than 2000 yuan ($US 324) a month.
On the 7th December at the 3rd World Congress for Chinese
Education, Qiu Yuanping, director of State Council of Chinese
Overseas Affairs, stated his hope to implement systematic
retraining for 30,000 Chinese teachers in the next 3 years.
In contrast to the huge funding that the various
Confucious Institutes overseas are receiving from the CCP's
Ministry of Education, the teachers within China
are not so blessed.
Over the past year, there are a large number of teachers
going on strike in China.
In the recent weeks alone, there are already tens of thousands
of teachers on strike in the North East regions of China.
They protested against low wages and the
compulsory pension scheme.
They fought for their rights to a meagre salary
against the local governments.
Director of Shenzhen city Chunfeng labour dispute advisory
services, Zhang Zhiru:
These parades by the teachers are the results of years of
neglect and dissatisfaction.
The local governments are doing a very poor job.
We have teachers here that hold very strong opinions.
Not long ago, primary and secondary school teachers from
Zhaodong county, Suihua city, of Heilongjiang province stopped
teaching to demand for salaries from the government.
Local teachers complained that their remunerations
were too low.
They are receiving more than a thousand yuan ($US 162) less
than what their counterparts are receiving in other areas.
Amidst the protests, party secretary of Zhaodong county,
Zhao Shengli, was dispatched as a site coordinator.
He explained to the teachers at the scene of protest that
their wage rate has always been following the
unified standards of the province.
However, contributions to health insurance, pension
and provident funds are deducted from wages monthly
as opposed to yearly from other areas.
This is why their monthly wages appear less compared
to what others are receiving.
However, teachers are not satisfied with this explanation.
The strike by 8,000 teachers from Heilongjiang Zhaodong
county started a ripple effect.
In less than 2 weeks, the strikes have spread to Shuangcheng,
Yilang, Shangzhi, Binxian, Bayan, Fangzheng, Wudalianchi
and other areas in Heilongjiang province.
Strikes in Yilan county are still presently ongoing.
Teachers from Yilan county braved the cold of -24C (-11.2F)
and gathered at the square in front of
local government quarters.
They raised banners reading: 4000 teachers from Yilan
demand return of deducted wages.
They also shouted slogans such as:
Return my wages, and stop the deduction.
We will persist to the end, and we will continue tomorrow.
On Dec. 4, thousands of teachers gathered in front of
City Hall in Henan Province Yuzhou county.
They emphatically stated that they are working in a
noble profession, but are receiving a low wage.
Mr Chen from Yuzhou county: Really, the wages are rather low.
I have worked for 30 years, but I am only receiving
a monthly salary of 2400 yuan ($US 389).
With a performance bonus, I get about 2700 ($US 437).
It is really quite difficult.
Another Mr Wang: We have not received any
performance bonus for the last two years.
The government promised that they will make-up for it
within 3 years and that they will return half a year's worth
of backlog before the end of this year.
It has been difficult because there are many teachers.
According to Radio Free Asia strikes among teachers
have spread even further to Jinyun County of Lishui City
in Zhejiang Province.
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Liu Zhigui's Painful Recollections
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Liu Zhigui once owned a wedding photography studio in
China, but now lives in Osaka, Japan.
In China, now is the best season for wedding photography.
However, I can't run my business any more there.
Why did he choose to live abroad?
What is the painful experience he has been through?
Liu Zhigui managed a studio in Harbin, with a good living
standard and happy family.
Now living in Japan, and after 40 years striving for a living,
he asked himself the genuine value of life.
Liu Zhigui began practicing Falun Gong in May 1997,
with it's principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance.
He firmly believed in this peaceful cultivation way, which
brought him dramatic health improvements.
In June 2000, his family was brought great joy with the birth
of a son.
Over 100 Million people in over 50 countries practice
Falun Gong, a traditional self-cultivation discipline.
As the number of people in China practicing Falun Gong
grew, former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader
Jiang Zemin became worried about his power, and began
persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th 1999.
On Feb 11, 2011, Liu Zhigui went to Beijing to appeal,
but was informed Falun Gong petitions are not accepted.
He then went to Tiananmen square to peacefully protest,
shouting Falun Dafa is good.
Immediately, over ten plainclothes police dragged him
into a police van and severely beat him.
He was taken back to his hometown in Fangzheng County.
Liu was transferred to several Detention Centers in Fangzheng
County.
On Feb 19, 2004, he was taken to the notorious Hulan prison,
where he was illegally detained for 3 years.
Liu: Falun Gong practitioners in Fangzheng County were
forced to sign confessions under severe torture.
Some were beaten until they were blind, disfigured, or even
tortured to death.
Liu witnessed first-hand this brutal persecution.
Liu: Sun Shaomin, a practitioner, was forced to lick up spit
from the prison head, trying different methods to torture him.
They once forced him to stand for 7 days and nights
without sleep.
Liu: They asked if I practice Falun Dafa? I said yes. An evil
policeman, Wang Bin, began beating my chest and face.
The police torture of Falun Gong practitioners was very cruel,
such as tying them to a bench.
They would stab their arms, back, legs, fingers and toes with
needles, and flick their their eyes.
Liu Zhigui's younger sister Liu Zhiying said that the CCP's
persecution has caused her family great suffering.
Liu Zhiying: It has effected our entire family, as my brother
is the main support. Our parents are old and his child is young.
Since my brother was illegally detained, our father has had
several heart attacks, and been in hospital.
My brother is a very good man, and has done nothing wrong,
following the principles of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance.
Despite persecution, Liu Zhigui never changed lost his faith.
Finally, he began to hunger strike to stand for human rights.
Liu: When I was in a coma, prison head Wang Bin said that
I was better to die. When I woke up, they continued torturing.
Liu Zhigui escaped abroad, with his family reunited.
Often, bad weather makes Liu feel down, and he reflects on his
unforgettable experiences.
Liu: Today, I tell people my experiences to clarify the truth
about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
Please help us to stop it right now.
Liu firmly believes that more and more Chinese people will
realize the evil nature of the CCP.
Chinese people should no longer cooperate with the CCP
and therefore need to quit the CCP.
Vigil on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
Night shots
1. Wide shot of candle-light vigil in Victoria Park
2. Various of People holding candles
3. Screen playing video
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Han Dong Fang, Democracy Activist:
I don't mind China enjoying the World Cup football game. It's a good thing. It's good for everybody. But, at the same time, we should remember what we did in our history. As Chinese people we, our government, was killing our own people and peaceful protesters. This is the shame of the Chinese. I mean, we cannot forget this.
5. Various of participant on stretchers after taking ill
6. Various of monument with the shape of the statue of democracy cut out of it
7. Two participants waving Taiwanese national flag
8. Close up of Taiwanese flag
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Cheng Yiu Sing, Protestor:
My heart is still hurt, with memories for the people in Beijing and the poor parents (of those involved in) Tiananmen.
10. Hosts talking on stage
11. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Tai Yuk Ping, Protestor:
I was just a youngster thirteen years ago, but now I'm a mother myself. I can imagine how those parents of the poor university students who made a sacrifice in the Tiananmen incident feel right now.
12. Organisers walking towards a democratic monument with flowers
13. CU organisers walking towards the democratic monument with wreath
14. Organisers bowing
15. Organisers and youngsters holding fire torches
16. Protestors walking towards stage with torches
17. Back shot of people holding the fire torch
18. Organisers and young followers lighting the democratic fire
19. Participants looking at stage
20. Various of candle-light vigil
STORYLINE:
Exercising freedoms denied to mainland Chinese, thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered for a candlelight vigil on Tuesday to mark the 13th anniversary of the military crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square.
In Beijing, where the regime suppresses all efforts to mark the anniversary, security was tighter than usual around Tiananmen Square.
But there were no reports of protests in Beijing or elsewhere in China, where most attention appeared focused on China's debut in the World Cup.
Official attendance figures were not available but local media reported 10-thousand Hong Kong residents turned out to mourn the army assault which killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unarmed demonstrators on June 4, 1989.
As patriotic songs reverberated through surrounding skyscrapers, participants young and old, Chinese and foreign, filed quietly into a paved plaza in the park.
Hong Kong's annual June 4 rallies began in 1989 when more than one (m) million Hong Kong citizens gathered in protest.
With the number dwindling to the thousands, rally organisers urged those attending to educate the next generation to take up the baton of democracy.
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Pharmaceutical industry in China | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:25 1 Future growth
00:03:32 2 Overview
00:05:46 3 Quality
00:08:42 4 Structure and trends
00:13:33 4.1 Historic foreign involvement
00:14:20 4.2 Production levels
00:15:39 4.2.1 Regional distribution
00:22:08 4.3 Research and development
00:24:46 4.4 Comparison of Chinese and Western pharmaceutical companies
00:26:18 4.5 Domestic companies
00:32:20 4.6 Domestic companies doing R&D
00:41:27 4.7 Foreign expansion
00:43:08 4.8 Foreign companies
00:44:13 4.9 Foreign production
01:03:24 4.10 Foreign companies doing R&D in China
01:07:04 5 Governmental policies
01:08:20 6 Regulation
01:09:33 6.1 Regulatory agencies
01:14:48 6.2 Regulatory requirements
01:17:29 6.3 Government drug pricing policy
01:18:14 6.4 Centralized tendering drug procurement program
01:19:41 6.5 GMP compliance certification
01:21:08 6.6 Comparison of regulatory requirements with other countries
01:23:17 6.7 Patents
01:25:36 6.8 United States and China
01:27:17 6.9 Articles 18 and 19
01:28:41 7 Distribution
01:30:08 8 Pharmaceutical Logistics
01:32:31 9 End users
01:33:17 10 Retail operations
01:34:19 11 Dietary supplements
01:35:35 12 Education and research
01:35:56 13 Intellectual property rights
01:36:06 14 See also
01:37:21 15 Notes and references
01:37:31 16 Bibliography
01:39:38 17 External links
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The pharmaceutical industry is one of the leading industries in the People's Republic of China, covering synthetic chemicals and drugs, prepared Chinese medicines, medical devices, apparatus and instruments, hygiene materials, packing materials, and pharmaceutical machinery.
China accounts for 20% of the world's population but only 1.5% of the global drug market. China's changing health-care environment is designed to extend basic health insurance to a larger portion of the population and give individuals greater access to products and services. Following the period of change, the pharmaceutical industry is expected to continue its expansion.China, as of 2007, has around 3,000 to 6,000 domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers and around 14,000 domestic pharmaceutical distributors. The most often-cited adverse factors in the marketplace include a lack of protection of intellectual property rights, a lack of visibility for drug approval procedures, a lack of effective governmental oversight, poor corporate support for drug research, and differences in the treatment in China that are accorded to local and foreign firms. Nevertheless, China is reportedly expected to become the third-largest pharmaceuticals market in the world by 2021.Research and development are increasing, with Shanghai becoming one of the most important global drug research centers. Most notably, Novartis is expected to establish a large Research and development base in Shanghai that will be a pillar of its drug development.China's thousands of domestic companies account for 70% of the market, the top 10 companies about 20%, according to Business China. In contrast, the top 10 companies in most developed countries control about half the market. Since June 30, 2004, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has been closing down manufacturers that do not meet the new GMP standards. Foreign players account for 10% to 20% of overall sales, depending on the types of medicines and ventures included in the count. However, sales at the top-tier Chinese companies are growing faster than at Western ones.