37th & The World

Dr. Eli Friedman on Workers' Struggle in China and Beyond

May 08, 2023 Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) Season 3 Episode 10
37th & The World
Dr. Eli Friedman on Workers' Struggle in China and Beyond
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Show Notes

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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