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Police patrol an apartment complex where striking Chinese bus drivers had gathered to protest at being paid less than local workers. Photo Reuters (Guardian, 28 Nov) - An illegal strike by Chinese bus drivers in Singapore has highlighted tensions over immigration in the city-state and exposed the unfavorable treatment of lower-skilled... 

Singapore police make inquiries at a foreign workers dormitory. Photo: AFP (AFP, 29 Nov) - Four mainland Chinese bus drivers accused of instigating Singapore’s first strike since the 1980s were charged on Thursday with criminal offences that could land them in prison. The four men, aged from 32 to 39, were taken to... 

Project Syndicate- Nov. 19, 2012 NEW YORK – China is at a crucial point today, as it was in 1978, when the market reforms launched by Deng Xiaoping opened its economy to the world – and as it was again in the early 1990’s, when Deng’s famous “southern tour” reaffirmed the country’s development path. Throughout...