Considering popular americAn perception I'm not surprised at ur comment. There is no forced labor in china. You r free to work or sleep at home.

There might not be forced labor(in SOME parts of China), but basically if you don't work you starve and die. There is no health care no social benefit, people die outside hospitals all the time in just because they can't afford it.

At the mean while people go work in companies like Foxconn and jump off the roof all the time because they can't handle the heavy load of work anymore. What's more terrified than knowing you cannot survive it, yet still have to push yourself into it?

Dude, there isn't forced labor in ANY part of china and the rest of what u said stands true for any part of the world including USA. The reasons why ppl have jumped off the roof of foxconn are complex but dø not include the lack of autonomy to quit work. And, since we are on that subject, lets remind ourselves who does foxconn manufacture for- the Chinese govt, buzzzzz, wrong answer.

This article is about freedom to unionize. China, although a communist state, does have a bad reputation on workers right. But, hey, if you are happy about it I really don't mind getting a dozen tube socks for two bucks.

It exists in the prison system, where millions of people are forced to work - sometimes to produce the goods that you and I end up buying. A few years ago, The CCP determined that all State enterprises (including prisons) were to become financially self-sufficient.

Moreover, in a country where the concept of a civil society has never really developed - that is to say, the separation of government institutions from religious or non-governmental institutions such as any church or NGO's like the Red Cross - is it really so unbelievable that such a society would use slave labour as a matter of normal operating procedure.

I'll admit the search was quick, but here's a couple of links you might find interesting:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1635144,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_camp
http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/forcedlabor.htm
http://www.upholdjustice.org/English.2/forced_labor_products_report.htm

Cheers.

People, China is a rapidly modernizing, if not already modernised, country. Yes, its economy was solely depended on cheap exports and still does for the most part even today, but, its already started manufacturing technologically sophisticated products(ipads/laptops/complex navigation systems) and even novelty luxury items(LV,gucci etc). No country has had a forever bright and colorful history, and yes, even china had its share of darkness during the cultural revolution when there was forced labor, prison camps and all those things that hollywood heroes rescue people from in lesser countries.. but, things have changed dramatically now. Proof of that lies in the very links you posted.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1635144,00.html
quote "Some 30 arrests have been made and more are expected following a massive police rescue operation involving 35,000 officers checking 7,500 work places." Meaning, this is illegal stuff and not something condoned by the government which would otherwise mean, china deserves a place in this article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laogai
These are prison camps meant for political dissidents, but also common criminals. The analogy to these prison camps in the west would be prisons where the prisoners work. The final stuff they produce is of little or no value. Its just a way of keeping prisoners busy so that they go around forming gangs and killing each other and also pay for their lodging and food. Butttt, If you are implying that Chinese government rounds up huge numbers of people and puts them in prison camps to get free labor, then my friend, you are truly misinformed.

http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/forcedlabor.htm
I fail to see to see where this site mentions mentions china.

http://www.upholdjustice.org/English.2/forced_labor_products_report.htm
Yes, the Chinese have dealt with excessive force and brutality with the practitioners of the Falon Gong movement. Agreed, that the chinese and american definitions of human rights dont tally. Please check out the controversies section for a real look into just a few of their beliefs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falon_Gong

Bottom line, what the Chinese govt is doing is working for China. This isnt propaganda. Tangible results can be seen in China and felt world over. The only reason that China has become a talking point in major media outlets and is being demonized by right-wingers is because of this rise. If China were still a crap-hole with forced labor and prison camps, we wouldn't be discussing abt it at all.

China made good progress. I appreciate Chinese goverment site ekle

I would add they are better educated than we are, and are class conscious. For their free education they have to commit to work for the state for 4 years to pay for it. They are assigned to other south American/Caribbean countries and are the backbone of the medical support where ever they are.
There were a lot of Cuban doctors in haiti before, during, and after the earthquake, but they were never mentioned on our news channels.