Author Archives: Jenny Chan

Stagiaires : les 15 millions de forçats de l’industrie électronique chinoise

(Trainees: the 15 million convicts of the Chinese electronics industry) Article écrit par Jenny Chan et Brigitte Demeure. (Article written by Jenny Chan and Brigitte Demeure.) Link to the Article: https://www.greenit.fr/2021/03/16/stagiaires-les-15-millions-de-forcats-de-lindustrie-electronique-chinoise/ Âgée de 16 ans, CaoWang découvre en arrivant dans la zone de développement industriel de Sichuan (Chine)  que son « stage » consiste àContinue reading “Stagiaires : les 15 millions de forçats de l’industrie électronique chinoise”

Electronics Watch: Protests and Precarity – Can public Procurement Drive Change? (Jenny Chan, Aneesh Manjunaath, Kristin Tallbo and Angus Warren)

Date : 26 February, 2021, 10.00-11.00 (Central European Time) Link of detail: https://electronicswatch.org/en/electronics-watch-webinars_2540998 Register here Brief: Worker protests over pay disputes at electronics suppliers in India and China at the end of last year briefly directed the  world’s attention to precarious work in electronics supply chains. In the case of Wistron in Bangalore, India, 90% of theContinue reading “Electronics Watch: Protests and Precarity – Can public Procurement Drive Change? (Jenny Chan, Aneesh Manjunaath, Kristin Tallbo and Angus Warren)”

Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Kevin Lin take a harrowing look into lives and struggles of a new generation of Chinese workers.

Date: 26 February 2021 Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 11:30 PM – Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 1:00 AM HKT Haymarket Books: Dying for an iPhone (Jenny Chan and Mark Selden, with Kevin Lin) Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dying-for-an-iphone-apple-foxconn-and-the-lives-of-chinas-workers-tickets-142105239597

“Dying for an iPhone,” DigiLabor Summer School, Moderated by Rafael Grohmann. Organized by Laboratório de Pesquisa DigiLabour, Unisinos (University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Brazil, DigiLabour Research Lab.

On Thursday 28 Jan 2021,(Hong Kong time 8:00 – 9:30PM) Here’s the link for live stream on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tucwmqFXRzs

Book Talk(28Jan 2021): Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn, and the Lives of China’s Workers

Date: 28 January 2021 Venue: Columbia University Speakers:  Jenny Chan and Mark Selden Remarks: The book talk will be done via Zoom Detail URL: https://chinacenter.socialwork.columbia.edu/events/book-talk-dying-iphone-apple-foxconn-and-lives-chinas-workers