Dr. Eli Friedman on Workers' Struggle in China and Beyond
37th & The World
English - May 08, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNews politics news society culture business economics conflict security science technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Beginning in November 2022, China faced massive demonstrations contesting its strict zero-COVID policies, which left many citizens constrained within their homes and short of necessary materials. Multiple protests erupted in response to conditions faced by China's workforce, including violent clashes in Zhengzhou against authority figures at the world's largest iPhone factory. In this interview, GJIA sat down with Dr. Eli Friedman, an Associate Professor at Cornell University, to discuss the context and ramifications of these protests as well as broader insights about the state of Chinese labor and its relation to the broader world.
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