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China’s Hukou System Is Stubbornly Resistant to Reform
Is China abolishing the hukou? Since the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced a new guideline on public services on May 18, this question has led to an outpouring of commentary. For decades, analysts from a wide range of political orientations have called for ending the hukou. Has the moment arrived? Most economists have argued that hukou introduces labor market imperfections and suppresses domestic consumption.
From Screening to Arrhythmia Management: Cedars-Sinai’s Sports Cardiology Program
Any views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and/or participants and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of EP Lab Digest or HMP Global, their employees, and affiliates. EP LAB DIGEST. 2025;25(12):Online Only. Interview by Jodie Elrod In this interview, we speak with Eli Friedman, MD, director of sports cardiology at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, about the launch of the institute’s new Sports Cardiology Program.
China: A new imperial capitalist power
China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry By Eli Friedman, Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu and Ashley Smith Haymarket Books, 2024 China in Global Capitalism is an excellent introduction to China today. It discusses the nature of Chinese society and the reasons for China’s growing conflict with the United States.
The Cost of China’s Prosperity
On October 1, China’s National Day, president Xi Jinping will have much to celebrate. The country looks starkly different from the war-torn and impoverished nation the Chinese Communist Party took leadership of seventy-five years ago when Mao Zedong stood in Tiananmen Square to declare the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Navigating rabbinical ordination and leadership in Israel’s modern context - opinion
Last week, I received a letter from Israel’s Chief Rabbinate informing me that I had completed the requirements towards rabbinical ordination, a process I began six years ago. When I called to ask when I would receive my official smicha (ordination), I was incredibly told that since Israel does not currently have a chief rabbi, there is nobody authorized to sign it for me.
At Issue: ECG screening as part of the pre-participation exam for young athletes
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The Influence of Parental Communication about Sex on Subsequent Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes among Asian, Latino, and White Young Adults
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China in Global Capitalism
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Cardiac player health and safety: a call to action
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An Introduction in Three Parts
Let’s get this out of the way: I’m Eli, and on February 18 I’ll begin my NOBO thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can basically stop reading there if that’s all you care about. For those of you who—for whatever reason—want to know more about me, though, I think the best way to introduce myself is to do it in three parts. You’ll see what I mean. The Easy Stuff: I’m twenty-two years old. In April I graduated from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) with degrees in English and history.
Diaspora Jews should be 'semi-citizens' of Israel - opinion
On October 7, Hamas murdered over 1,200 people, raped women, and took over 240 hostages back to Gaza. Of the many ripple effects of this attack, the Jewish one is perhaps the most profound and far-reaching. There has been a naive and futile attempt over recent decades to differentiate between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
What’s Behind the Youth Unemployment Statistics Beijing Just Decided to Stop Publishing?
This week, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced it would cease collecting data on youth unemployment. The news came after nearly a decade of poor job prospects for Chinese people ages 16-24, often reported on by international media as mainly a problem affecting recent college graduates. Earlier this summer, ChinaFile’s Jessica Batke spoke with sociologist Eli Friedman, who studies international labor, about the reasons for joblessness among China’s young people and how it is covered.
Labor Action Tracker 2022
We are pleased to release the second Cornell-ILR Labor Action Tracker Annual Report, which presents key findings from our data on work stoppages in 2022. We have created a comprehensive database of strikes across the United States because official data sources only record a small fraction of this activity. Since funding cuts by the Reagan administration in the early-1980s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) excludes work stoppages of less than 1,000 workers from its database.
Tragedy Struck Just as the Federmans Were Returning to Normal
By Rabbi Eli Friedman – Shliach in Calabasas California “Cham Libi Bikirbi, B’Hagigi Tivar Aish.” A fire of pain and shock is raging in me, and my heart is aflame with grief. I’ve known Asher Federman since his childhood, I remember his energy and personality. His spiritual journey was remarkable and humbling. Overnight, he became a Masmid, an Oved Hashem of awesome quality.
Escape from the Closed Loop
For a few days in April, my timeline was dominated by images of a ninety-five-year-old woman in Shanghai battling with the “Big Whites”—government workers and cops clad in hazmat suits who have come to symbolize the coercive excesses of the megacity’s recent COVID-19 lockdown. Wielding nothing more than a broom, the woman beat back the advances of six police officers who had come to take her from her home to the much-feared centralized quarantine facilities.
Don't get even, get MAD
As Republicans prepare to take charge of the U.S. House of Representatives, it is important to recognize the sea change that has recently occurred in America. Things are fundamentally different now than they were just a little while ago and are unlikely to change back in the near future, if ever. In international relations there are three ways countries interact with each other. Some are friendly, sharing common interests and goals.
2024: Trump or bust
Trump versus DeSantis — a worthy debate, or so it would seem. Trump is a fighter, energetic, proven, beloved, wild, reckless, buffoonish. DeSantis is smart, courageous, strong, polished, sanctimonious, a Deep State tool. Trump can't win, DeSantis can't lose, etc. Some want this debate postponed until after the congressional leadership fight is settled. They're wrong. On the contrary, it's too late.
Why Foxconn Workers in China Walked Off the Job
Eli Friedman One of the key arrangements for Foxconn and other labor-intensive manufacturers has been the dormitory regime. These labor-intensive, export-oriented manufacturers largely housed workers in on-site dormitories. This has changed somewhat, and it’s less prevalent now than it was fifteen years ago. But it’s still being implemented at Zhengzhou Foxconn. It might sound like a nice benefit, and it can be helpful for these migrant workers who come from far away.
Foxconn’s Great Escape
Editor’s Note: In late October, information and rumors circulating among workers about mass infections and even death of infected workers inside the Foxconn mega-factory in China’s central Henan province sparked an exodus of workers. Fearing being infected and consequently unable to leave the facility, workers jumped over factory walls and fences in an attempt to escape and head home. Why is this happening? Why does the story resonate with so many people? What is the significance of this event?
Why Foxconn Workers in China Walked Off the Job
Eli Friedman One of the key arrangements for Foxconn and other labor-intensive manufacturers has been the dormitory regime. These labor-intensive, export-oriented manufacturers largely housed workers in on-site dormitories. This has changed somewhat, and it’s less prevalent now than it was fifteen years ago. But it’s still being implemented at Zhengzhou Foxconn. It might sound like a nice benefit, and it can be helpful for these migrant workers who come from far away.
Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Arrest, and Shared Decision Making in a Recreational Athlete:
JACC Journals › JACC: Case Reports › Archives › Vol. 4 No. 17 Abstract A highly active 59-year-old-man with a history of cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction presented for exercise recommendations. Multimodality risk stratification led to ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest at the completion of a maximal effort cardiopulmonary exercise test. Using shared decision making, the safety and feasibility of returning to exercise were discussed.
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital opens music therapy studio
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital celebrated the grand opening of Sophie’s Place, a dedicated facility for music therapy, on Wednesday. The $1.5 million studio allows patients to record music, participate in music therapy sessions and perform. Sophie’s Place is named after Sophie Rose Barton, a music volunteer at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 17. After Sophie passed, the Forever Young Foundation established Sophie’s Place in her name.
Washtenaw County now at "high" COVID-19 community level
As of Thursday, Washtenaw County is at a “high” COVID-19 community level for the first time since February, according to a Washtenaw County Health Department news brief. The heightened community level comes with new public health recommendations, including wearing masks indoors in public and additional precautions for people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease.
Roe v. Wade overturned, Supreme Court overrules constitutional right to abortion
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 Friday against the constitutional right to abortion in a decision that is expected to severly curb abortion access across the country. The court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizationin favor of a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and overuled the landmark Supreme Court cases Roe v. Wade(1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey(1992),which guaranteed abortion rights throughout the country.
China’s Record Urban Youth Unemployment
Qin Chen is a writer and editor based in Shanghai. She focuses on China’s tech industry and related policies and is an observer of Chinese society. In her previous life, she was a Beijing-based... Alison Sile Chen is a Ph.D. student in the Political Science department at the University of California, San Diego, studying authoritarian surveillance. Before coming to the U.S. to pursue an...
The Urbanisation of People: A Conversation with Eli Friedman
In his new book, The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City (Columbia University Press, 2022), Eli Friedman offers a novel take on China’s handling of internal migration through the perspective of migrant workers’ children.
Four Ann Arbor Starbucks locations vote to unionize
Around 50 Starbucks workers, organizers and community members gathered in front of the Starbucks on State Street as four Starbucks locations across Ann Arbor voted to unionize. The South University Avenue location was the only one out of five to vote against unionization. Attendees at the rally watched over Zoom as the votes were counted by a representative from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) before the final number was announced to the crowd over a megaphone.
Taste of Ann Arbor returns to Main Street after two-year hiatus
Paella, pastries, samosas and more: the smells of countless plates of food filled the air on Sunday as Taste of Ann Arbor — an event in which community members can enjoy bite-sized dishes from over 20 local restaurants — returned to the city for the first time since 2019. Taste of Ann Arbor is hosted by the Main Street Area Association (MSAA), a local organization that works to ensure the prosperity of downtown businesses.
UMich no longer requires masks in classrooms or on public transportation
Effective Monday, May 2, the University of Michigan will no longer mandate the use of masks in classrooms or on U-M transportation — including all campus Blue Buses and buses contracted by the University — according to an email sent to the U-M community by Robert Ernst, Associate Vice President of Student Life, and Preeti Malani, U-M Chief Health Officer, on Wednesday.
Now Amazon Is Being Challenged in the Boardroom as Well
Having faced shop floor labor rebellions at multiple warehouses this past year, Amazon is now confronting a new rebellion in the boardroom. Public pension-fund trustees in New York and Illinois are demanding that the company replace two members of its board of directors for failure to rein in skyrocketing injury rates among employees and massive employee turnover.
The Amazon Labor Union’s Historic Victory Was the First Step
But with the full support of the New York City labor movement and the broader community, the workers can win. fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark April 15, 2022 Amazon Labor Union member Tristan Lion Dutchin gestures as he waits for the voting results on April 1, 2022. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AP Photo)) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Get The Nation’s Weekly Newsletter Fridays. The best of the week.
The Real Numbers Behind the Labor Movement
For the first time in decades, we will know exactly how many strikes there are in a year. By Johnnie Kallas, Eli Friedman and Leonardo Grageda April 5, 2022 fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark April 5, 2022 A union worker holds a strike sign as he pickets with nurses outside of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on November 10, 2021, in San Francisco.
China's Global Statecraft - Dissent Magazine
China’s Global Statecraft An interview with Ching Kwan Lee. Eli Friedman ▪ Spring 2022 Ching Kwan Lee’s The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa (2017) had a major impact on discussions about Chinese global economic policy, transcending a tired debate about whether China is engaged in neocolonialism.
COVID-19 cases increase on UMich campus, free antigen tests available
Maria Deckmann/Daily. Buy this photo. With one month of the Winter 2022 semester remaining, COVID-19 cases at the University of Michigan are trending upward again after weeks of declining cases, according to a Friday email from Robert Ernst, associate vice president of student life and director of campus COVID-19 response, and Chief Health Officer Preeti Malani.
A preview of the 2022 UMich LSA Student Government election
The University of Michigan LSA Student Government will hold elections on March 30 and March 31, 2022. Students in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts will elect a new president, vice president and 19 representatives. The executive race will be the largest in the history of the LSA Student Government, with five competing tickets.
morality, carbon neutrality and DEI
At the University of Michigan’s first community feedback session for the ongoing presidential search process on Friday, faculty and staff members emphasized a need for strong moral character and a commitment to carbon neutrality from the next University president. The listening session — which was hosted by Regents Sarah Hubbard (R) and Denise Ilitch (D), as well as John Muckle of the search firm Isaacson, Miller — was directed toward faculty but also featured student and alumni speakers.
CSG launches social media campaign for Black History month, funds United Student Government of Michigan Conference
Courtesy of Eli Friedman The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met in a hybrid format Tuesday evening to discuss resolutions including funding for the United Student Government of Michigan Conference and creating a centralized platform for students’ surveys. The resolution to help fund the United Student Government of Michigan Conference was amended to provide $10,000 for the event, down from the previously discussed total of $13,952.91.
The Central Student Government of the University of Michigan elected four members to its newly formed Presidential Search and Selection Committee Task Force and passed resolutions for election reform and student organization safety on Tuesday night at its first hybrid format meeting of the semester. LSA senior Joseph Lobodzinski, CSG Vice Speaker, acted as speaker at the meeting in place of current Speaker Annie Mintun.
Cinnaholic holds grand opening in downtown Ann Arbor Original
Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain, opens its first location in Michigan Friday morning. Allison Engkvist/Daily. Buy this photo. Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain, opens its first location in Michigan Friday morning. Allison Engkvist/Daily. Buy this photo. Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain, opens its first location in Michigan Friday morning. Allison Engkvist/Daily. Buy this photo.
CSG discusses task force to replace former U-M President Mark Schlissel in first meeting following his dismissal
Keith Melong/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met virtually on Tuesday for the first time since the dismissal of now-former University President Mark Schlissel. The assembly discussed the establishment of a new task force to recommend a replacement for Schlissel and a resolution to set a budget for the winter semester.
'Our systems need to catch up:' Medical experts, UMich admin acknowledge surge in cases, affirm in-person learning
Courtesy of Eli Friedman Medical experts and University of Michigan administrators updated the community about masking guidance, the status of in-person teaching and procedures for quarantining and reporting booster shots at the Campus COVID-19 Briefing on Friday.
Kinross Correctional Facility inmates report lack of COVID-19 measures
Since April 2020, 146 people incarcerated in Michigan correctional facilities have passed away due to COVID-19 and related complications, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. These people were housed in various facilities across Michigan, with nine of the people who passed away in 2020 and 2021 being from Kinross Correctional Facility in Michigan’s upper peninsula. As of Dec.
UMich institutes new policy against retaliation for reporting misconduct
Keith Melong/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan instituted a new policy Thursday to protect students, faculty and staff from retaliation for reporting wrongful conduct or participating in an investigation. The Protection from Retaliation policy prohibits acts or threats of retaliation on employment or education. Penalties for violating the new policy can include discharge or dismissal for employees and expulsion for students.
UMich students join global strike for stronger climate change policies
After assembling in front of the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library, students and other climate strike attendees march around Diag’s perimeter cheering and chanting Friday Oct. 22. Jeremy Weine/Daily. Buy this photo. After assembling in front of the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library, students and other climate strike attendees march around Diag’s perimeter cheering and chanting Friday Oct. 22. Jeremy Weine/Daily. Buy this photo.
Division of Public Safety and Security announces practice updates to increase transparency, encourage oversight
Megan Ocelnik/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security announced several updates to its practices to improve transparency and increase police oversight on Tuesday. These developments come as part of a campaign to improve campus policing, which was launched in January 2021 by the Office of the Provost with the creation of a task force to assess public safety on campus.
Ford School of Public Policy introduces Center for Racial Justice
Megan Ocelnik/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy recently launched a new Center for Racial Justice, which will be beginning its work this semester. The center intends to create a diverse community focused on addressing societal inequities and will organize events, host visiting fellows and draft policy proposals.
The Nachas Shluchim and Shvitz Shluchim
From the COLlive inbox: "There are two kinds of Shluchim: Nachas ones and shvitz ones. Nachas Shluchim weren’t always Nachas Shluchim; most starts off as Shvitz Shluchim. My brother is of the latter." Full Story By Rabbi Eli Friedman – Shliach in Calabasas, California There are two kinds of Shluchim: Nachas Shluchim and Shvitz Shluchim. Nachas Shluchim weren’t always Nachas Shluchim; most everyone starts off as Shvitz Shluchim.
Resistance under the Radar: Organization of Work and Collective Action in China’s Food Delivery Industry
Abstract As services have come to account for an ever growing portion of employment in China, platform-based delivery work has grown exponentially, incorporating millions of workers. Based on a study of food-delivery company Ele.me, we first provide a detailed account of the structure of the platform-based food delivery industry, as well as worker grievances and resistance.
Faltering standardization: Conflict and labour relations in China's taxi and sanitation industries
Original Article Hao ZHANG, Corresponding Author zhang-hao@ruc.edu.cn School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, email: zhang-hao@ruc.edu.cn (corresponding author).Search for more papers by this author Eli FRIEDMAN, edf48@cornell.edu School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Search for more papers by this author This research was supported by a grant from the National Social...
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