Author Archives: Jenny Chan

Grieving Our Martyred Foxconn Workmates 悼念富士康工友烈士 (Daonian Fushikang gongyou lieshi)

— Grieving Our Martyred Foxconn Workmates —Xiaoxiao 悼念富士康工友烈士 (Daonian Fushikang gongyou lieshi) ——小小 LeapI use my life to end your gleeLeapI use my life to stop the production line LeapI use my life to proclaim to the people LeapI use my life to protest against the timesLeapI use my life to peel away your cloakLeapI use myContinue reading “Grieving Our Martyred Foxconn Workmates 悼念富士康工友烈士 (Daonian Fushikang gongyou lieshi)”

致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei)For My Departed Brothers and Sisters

For My Departed Brothers and Sisters 致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei) I’m just like you I was just like you: A teenager leaving home, Eager to make my own way in the world. 我和你们一样 我曾像你们一样， 青春年少，背井离乡， 渴望能自己养活自己，闯荡天下。 Source: Yan Jun’s poem is collected in the program catalogue of the 3rd New Workers Cultural and Arts Festival,Continue reading “致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei)For My Departed Brothers and Sisters”

“Life and Dignity – Memorializing Foxconn Workmates,” a poetic and musical performance dedicated to the deceased Foxconn workers and their families on 28 May 2010 in Pi Village, Beijing (photo credit: New Workers Art Troupe).

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Dr Jenny Chan challenges China’s 996 culture

Women Empowered: Jenny Chan is Challenging China’s 996 Culture 8 Nov 2021 Let’s start with the basics: What is China’s 996 culture? ‘996’ is a reference to the expected work schedule in many Chinese tech and internet companies—employees arrive at 9 am and work until 9 pm, 6 days a week. Dr. Jenny Chan isContinue reading “Dr Jenny Chan challenges China’s 996 culture”

Ralph Litzinger (2021) Journal of Asian Studies: a new Book Review of Dying for an iPhone

‘Dying for an iPhone by Jenny Chan, Mark Selden, and Pun Ngai is a detailed unpacking and deconstruction of the tales that Foxconn and Apple spewed to the world…. We learn of the use of student interns, of the differential ways in which young men and women negotiated their loves and desires, and of the near-impossibleContinue reading “Ralph Litzinger (2021) Journal of Asian Studies: a new Book Review of Dying for an iPhone”

State–labor relations and the emergence of grassroots workers’ organizations in China

By Jenny Chan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Labour Movements This article is an excerpt from Jenny Chan’s chapter “Worker Organizing in China: Challenges and Opportunities”, in Robert Ovetz (editor), Workers’ Inquiry and Global Class Struggle: Strategies, Tactics, Objectives , Pluto Press, 2021 June 20, 2021 — Links International Journal ofContinue reading “State–labor relations and the emergence of grassroots workers’ organizations in China”

“Dying for an iPhone: Labor Exploitation, Migration and Strikes in China” [Morir por un iPhone: explotación laboral, migraciones y huelgas en China],

Dr Jenny Chan interviewed by Josefina L. Martínez for Izquierda Diario.es, 13 September 2020. The rise of the iPhone as a global commodity is inseparable from the story about Steve Jobs as a greatentrepreneur who transformed a small garage company… Link in Spanish: http://www.izquierdadiario.es/Morir-por-un-iPhone-explotacion-laboral-migraciones-yhuelgas-en-China Link in English: http://www.izquierdadiario.es/Morir-por-un-iPhone-explotacion-laboral-migraciones-y-huelgasen-China