(LinkAsia News: October 14, 2011) In China, secondary vocational school students are caught up in a plan to solve the country’s labor shortage problem. Instead of finding internships in their fields of study, students, some as young as 14, report that they are forced to work as ‘interns’ in factories as part of a school-business cooperation model. Hong Kong based contributor, David Bandurski reports.
Contributor: David Bandurski
Guiyang, China: Students, or Cheap Labor?
(LinkAsia News: October 14, 2011) In China, secondary vocational school students are caught up in a plan to solve the country’s labor shortage problem. Instead of finding internships in their fields of study, students, some as young as 14, report that they are forced to work as ‘interns’ in factories as part of a school-business cooperation model. Hong Kong based contributor, David Bandurski reports.
Contributor: David Bandurski
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