| Abstract: | After this year's ninth suicide at Foxconn on May 14, Dr. Lu Huilin, an associate sociology professor at Peking University, and another eight sociology scholars, started to draft a letter to sound the alarm about the plight of China's new generation of migrant workers. The letter was issued on May 18 and has been published by different newspapers. Lu has also handed over a request to Foxconn to conduct field surveys at the company during his summer break in July. Lu's research is on China's rural developmen... |
