Kevin Slaten is program coordinator at China Labor Watch. He previously conducted a year of field research on workers’ rights defense in the factory districts of Qingdao, China. Before that, he was a Fulbright Grantee and a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. You can follow him on Twitter @Kevinslaten.
Xue Chao was the program director for five years at New Urban Home, a labor NGO in Qingdao, China. He is currently studying law and plans to become a labor lawyer.
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Wages Rising in Chinese Factories? Only For Some
Kevin Slaten and Xue Chao