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China: Growing Labour Protests and Strikes

2012-06-19T12:41:07Z

A new ITUC report prepared to coincide with the World Trade Organisation's trade policy review of the People's Republic of China finds restricted freedom of association and limited exercise of the right to organise and collective bargaining.

Dispute settlement is generally dysfunctional although there have been recent improvements in legislation and implementation. Such problems are reflected in the number of protests, strikes and labour disputes that have been rising over recent years. Strikes are generally not tolerated; however, in some cases striking workers have been successful in achieving certain gains.

Discrimination is prohibited by law, but women and other groups still face discrimination in hiring, promotion and remuneration as well as in accessing education and other public services. In particular, institutionalised discrimination against migrant workers from rural areas remains a serious problem, despite recent legislation providing improvements.

Children are sometimes employed under forced conditions or in the worst forms of child labour. Work-study programmes and apprenticeships, often arranged in agreements between rural schools and city based companies, lead to some of the worst forms of child labour and forced labour. Forced labour for adults also exists.

Read the full report

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Zambia: Charges Dropped Against Two Chinese Supervisors

2011-04-06T08:36:05Z

Outrage in Zambia. The prosecutors in charge of the case against two Chinese supervisors who shot 13 miners in October 2010 have decided to drop the charges against them. The ITUC firmly condemns this decision, which violates the rights of the miners attacked and wounded.

The incident, which took place on 15 October at the Collum coal mine run by Chinese private investors, provoked outrage among many Zambians, whose opposition is growing to China's huge economic influence over their country. China invests over a US$1 billion a year in this mineral-rich country of southern Africa.

The shootings, none of which were fortunately fatal, occurred when hundreds of Zambian miners held a protest march at the mine. Their working conditions are very extremely harsh and the wages are often no more than four dollars a day. The Chinese supervisors speak very little English and nothing of the local languages. They would not therefore have understood the miners' demands.
"It is unacceptable that the mine managers should send supervisors that cannot communicate with the employees," said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow. "It is only logical that there are accidents and misunderstandings as a result and, in this particular case, that panic sets in."

The Zambian government had promised that the shootings would be thoroughly investigated and that a full and fair trial would be held. According to the ITUC, the decision to drop the charges is questionable and casts doubt on the independence of the Zambian judiciary when private foreign investors are involved.

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China: Harassment of the Dagongzhe Centre Continues

2011-01-28T15:36:49Z

In November 2007, an activist and former migrant worker from the Dagongzhe Labour Centre, was brutally assaulted and left in critical condition after repeatedly being stabbed ([see previous OnLine->art2708). The ITUC expressed its concern for Mr. Huang as well as its concern over a number of violent attacks on civil society organisations promoting the Labour Contract law to migrant workers in Guangdong province and other regions in China.

The ITUC has been following the situation of Mr. Huang and the Dagongzhe Centre ever since. The reaction of the All China Federation of Trade Unions and the measures taken by the Shenzhen government, such as the prosecuting of the suspected offenders, were reassuring signs at the time.

Unfortunately, according to the information received by the ITUC, harassment of the Dagongzhe Centre has not ceased in the last three years. On top of this, the last update on the situation of Mr. Huang and the Dagongzhe Centre raises questions as to the full application of the law.

In a letter sent to XU Qin, mayor of the Shenzhen Muncipality, the ITUC urges the authorities to ensure that the legal provisions of the relevant legislation are strictly followed, and that the punishment is strictly enforced in the case against Mr. Huang's aggressors.

“We know that the Dagongzhe Centre staff is still being harassed by unidentified persons since the assault took place,” said Sharan Burrow, ITUC general secretary. “They are under unacceptable pressure. The authorities must take responsibility and all necessary measures to rectify these problems and ensure protection of civil society groups,” she added.

The ITUC, once again, would like to highlight the need for the Chinese government to respect the right of workers to form and join free and independent trade unions, to recognise the important role of civil society groups and the importance of the respect of the core labour standards.

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Trade union leaders and workers at Foxconn India imprisoned

2010-10-22T14:28:13Z

The ITUC has protested to the Indian authorities over the continued imprisonment of 12 union leaders and workers in Vellore central prison. Criminal cases have been filed against trade union leaders and workers at a Foxconn plant located in a Special Economic Zone in Chennai, after they took strike action for union recognition and better wages.

Some 1,200 workers have been involved in weeks of struggle to get their union recognised by the management of Foxconn and to negotiate wages rises and other demands. The workers are members of the Foxconn India Thozhilalar Sangam (FITS), affiliated to the Center for Indian Trade Unions (CITU).

According to information received by the ITUC, 319 striking workers on a picket line were arrested on October 9 by the police and transferred to Vellore central jail. On October 13, 307 of them were granted bail by the court. 12 others, including A. Soundhirarajan, CITU State General Secretary and E. Muthu Kumar, CITU District Secretary, Kanchipuram and FITS President remain in detention.

“The authorities must immediately release these 12 trade unionists whose imprisonment is in flagrant violation of fundamental rights enshrined in ILO Conventions. India's international standing can only be harmed by this type of unjustified action” said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow.

In addition to the latest round of arrests, the company has retaliated by deducting eight days of wages from striking workers' pay, suspending 23 union activists and leaders, and refusing to negotiate with the union on the grounds that it has entered an agreement with an alternative union the Foxconn India Thozhilalar Munnetra Sangam (FITMS).

Foxconn's appalling treatment of its workforce in China has also been in the spotlight, with 13 of its workers committing suicide between January and August 2010. A recent report by Hong Kong labour rights group SACOM reveals that despite the international outcry over the deaths, Foxconn management have failed to properly address the underlying labour issues.

“Major global brands such as Apple, HP and Dell who are Foxconn clients have to make it clear that a business model which is characterised by employee suicides and imprisonment of workers trying to get union representation is simply unacceptable,” said Burrow.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sent to the Indian authorities, the ITUC urges him to take all necessary measures to ensure their release from jail and to have the criminal charges against them dropped.

For more information, please contact the ITUC Press Department on: +32 2 224 0204 or +32 476 621 018

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Foxconn Suicides: Governments and Companies Must Face Responsibilities

2010-05-28T14:29:36Z

The ITUC is gravely concerned at the tragic suicides at Foxconn Technology Group in Shenzhen, China. The Taiwanese Foxconn group is at the heart of the “Made in China” export model. The group employs a total of nearly 800,000 workers in China, and the Shenzhen facilities alone employ nearly 420,000 employees.

Twelve workers have jumped from the buildings or attempted to commit suicide in the Shenzhen production facilities of Foxconn. Ten of these young migrant workers have died, and two others were seriously injured. The ITUC expresses its deepest regret over these tragedies and condolence to the victims' families and friends.

The tragedy that has taken place in Foxconn is the product of the Taiwanese company's harsh management practices and the particularly vulnerable situation of the young migrant workers in China as they are locked in the cost-competitive export model of China.

FOXCONN is an important supplier for major Western companies. It supplies Apple products like iPhone and iPad, as well as Nintendo, Nokia cell phones, Sony products, H-P and Dell hardware. Many of these companies do have corporate codes of conduct which are supposed to ensure high social standards, and they share the responsibility for what happens in their supply chains.

The ITUC appeals to the Chinese government, the All China Confederation of Trade Unions, Foxconn and all the brand companies that are sourcing from Foxconn to take the necessary measures to offer assistance to the bereaved families and victims and make sure that adequate compensation mechanisms are developed.

The ITUC welcomes the joint intervention and investigation of the suicides taken by the various departments of the Shenzhen government including the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Ministry of Health and the All China Confederation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in Shenzhen City. Only with an investigation that truly reflects the grievances of the workers, acknowledges the problems, commits to serious rectifications and delivers justice can further speculations and grievances amongst the families and other workers be quelled.

The ITUC appeals to the Shenzhen government for an open, candid and fair investigation report about the real and fundamental causes to the loss of these young lives and action for timely and effective corrective measures.

For more information, please contact the ITUC Press Department on: +32 2 224 0204 or +32 476 621 018.

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China: New ITUC Report on Core Labour Standards

2010-05-10T08:15:26Z

A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in People's Republic of China, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that further measures are needed to comply with the commitments China accepted when it joined the WTO.

China has ratified only four of the eight core ILO labour Conventions. The report notes that Chinese trade unions have to be affiliated to the ACFTU, and any effort to establish independent unions is repressed. Although there are some efforts to promote collective wage consultation systems, the right to collectively bargain is severely restricted and many Chinese workers are not covered by collective agreements. Despite the lack of a right to strike except in cases of “health and safety work stoppages”, many workers undertake industrial action to pressure for long standing unresolved issues, claim unpaid wages and demand better working conditions and wages. Industrial actions and protests have increased in recent years.

The ITUC report finds that institutionalised discrimination against migrant workers from rural areas remains a serious problem, despite recent legislation. Immigrant workers who live unregistered in the cities do not have access to public services such as education for their children. Discrimination on the grounds of gender is prohibited by law but, in practice, women are not equally remunerated and tend more often to find employment in unskilled and labour-intensive sectors. Moreover, ethnic minorities and persons who live with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B frequently suffer from discrimination in remuneration and in access to employment, education and public services.

While national legislation stipulates that no children younger than 16 years old are allowed to work, the report finds that child labour is a serious problem in China. Children are sometimes employed in the worst forms of child labour. Work-study programmes, run under school auspices, frequently result in forced child labour.
Forced labour is prohibited but occurs in commercial enterprises. China imposes forced prison labour as a form of “re-education through labour”, and a similar forced labour system for “rehabilitation” is in force for drug addicts. Trafficking in human beings is prohibited by law but remains a serious problem. There has not been much progress in prosecuting traffickers and in protecting and assisting victims of trafficking, which affects women, men and children.

The ITUC report is available here

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China: Yao Fuxin Released

2009-03-18T13:54:33Z

The ITUC, together with the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), welcomes the release of Mr. Yao Fuxin, a labour activist from Liaoning province, after serving his seven years' prison term on conviction of “subversion of State power”.

Brussels, 18 March 2009: The ITUC, together with the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), welcomes the release of Mr. Yao Fuxin, a labour activist from Liaoning province, after serving his seven years' prison term on conviction of “subversion of State power”.

On March 16, 2009, Mr. Yao Fuxin was released from Lingyuan n°2 Prison, Liaoning province, considered as one of the harshest prisons in China and where most detainees are political prisoners.

Before his detention, Mr. Yao was one of China's most outspoken labour activists. In 1998, he joined others to petition the central government against corruption at the Liaoyang Ferro-Alloy Factory. In May 2001, the factory's workers alleged that the robbery of 2,000 tons of iron ore at the factory had been led by local court officials and that the subsequent bankruptcy of the factory had been orchestrated by the factory's leaders in collusion with the local government. Mr. Yao and other workers had demanded a full investigation that was never conducted.

In March 2002, Mr. Yao, then spokesperson of the newly founded All-Liaoyang Bankrupt and Unemployed Workers' Provisional Union, was arrested along with Mr. Xiao Yunliang (who was released in February 2006, three weeks before completing his four-year prison sentence) for having led a peaceful demonstration against corruption and the non-payment of overdue wages and pensions – a demonstration that gathered at least 5,000 workers from six factories in Liaoyang (Liaoning province). According to Human Rights in China (HRIC), Mr. Yao was initially charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order” and then sentenced in May 2003 to seven years in prison for “subversion of State power” for alleged involvement in the banned China Democracy Party.

“We welcome the release of Mr. Yao, but we regret that such release occurred following the completion of his seven years' prison term, and came along with a period of three years of deprivation of political rights, including freedoms of speech, assembly, and association. We further urge the Chinese authorities to release immediately - and without conditions - all human rights defenders in the PRC currently deprived of liberty because of their human rights activities. Such detentions are arbitrary, and contrary to the 1998 United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders,” said Souhayr Belhassen, FIDH President.

“It is also important to point out that throughout Mr. Yao's detention, the latter was held in precarious conditions, sustained serious acts of ill-treatment and witnessed a deterioration of his health status. We recall that torture and ill-treatment constitute a violation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to which China is a State party and which triggers individual criminal responsibility. Accordingly, we urge the Chinese authorities to take meaningful action to prevent and punish the use of torture so as to conform with China's international human rights obligations,” added Eric Sottas, OMCT Secretary General.

Throughout his detention, Mr. Yao sustained two heart attacks and a stroke, and suffered from malnutrition and from cold in winter. Mr. Yao was also obliged to sleep with 19 other inmates on one bed, and was watched by a guard who ordered two death-row prisoners to step on him every time he was about to sleep.

“We welcome the release of Yao Fuxin,” said Guy Ryder, ITUC General Secretary, “but at the same time we have to bear in mind that many other labour rights activists remain in detention in China, often in appalling conditions. The fundamental rights of Chinese workers to freedom of association and collective bargaining are still being denied by the authorities, and we call upon them to respect these rights, enshrined in ILO Conventions, in full."

The ITUC and the Observatory urge the Chinese authorities to release all human rights defenders arbitrarily detained in the People's Republic of China, to put an immediate end to any kind of harassment against them, and to investigate all cases of torture or ill-treatment so that those responsible can be brought to justice and sanctioned according to law.

For further information, please contact:
FIDH: Gael Grilhot / Karine Appy, + 33 1 43 55 25 18
OMCT: Delphine Reculeau, + 41 22 809 49 39
ITUC: Mathieu Debroux, +32 2 224 02 04

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China: Suspects in Stabbing of Labour Rights Activist Finally on Trial

2009-01-15T11:00:53Z

After 14 months of delay, the hearing for suspects in the stabbing of Huang Qingnan, a workers' rights activist from Shenzhen, will take place on 16 January.

Brussels, 15 January 2009: After 14 months of delay, the hearing for suspects in the stabbing of Huang Qingnan, a workers' rights activist from Shenzhen, will take place on 16 January.

On 20 November 2007, Huang Qingnan, an activist and former migrant worker from the Dagongzhe labour centre, was brutally assaulted and left in a critical condition after a repeatedly being stabbed. A few weeks prior to the stabbing, the centre itself suffered from a series of violent attacks by unknown assailants. The centre and its facilities were destroyed and staff threatened. The International Trade Union Confederation and affiliates worldwide wrote to the local Chinese authorities to express their condemnation (see online ITUC condemns brutal stabbing of a workers' representative in South China).

The stabbing in November 2008 of Huang Qingnan, a long term labour activist in Shenzhen, south China, highlighted the increasingly violent harassment of labour rights groups. The ITUC believes the attack was part of an escalating climate of violence taking place in Shenzhen and parts of Guangdong in the run-up to the January 2008 implementation of the new Labour Contract law. The attack on Huang Qingnan, the Dagongzhe centre and other workers in the Shenzhen region appeared to be consistent with the reports of increasing harassment, monitoring and surveillance of workers rights groups throughout China, but predominantly in the Pearl River Delta.

Despite the arrest of the five suspects in January, the case was delayed for many months – in part because of the sensitivities around the August Olympic Games. In November 2008, almost one year after the stabbing, the ITUC again wrote to the local government urging them to progress with the court case of the five suspects involved. Affiliates once again wrote similar appeals to the Chinese authorities.

On 18 December 2008, it was announced that the court case would be heard on Christmas Eve, 24th December. Every year the authorities tend to try high profile cases on annual holidays, presumably to avoid media attention. It is perhaps significant that in 2008, the honour of a Christmas court date was reserved for a labour-related case and not the usual human rights activist or dissident. On the morning of the case, many local workers and representatives of labour groups tried to attend the hearing along with Huang Qingnan. The court stated that the courtroom could not hold so many people and that the hearing would have to be rearranged.

On 13 January the Longgang District People's Court announced that a new hearing was set for Friday, 16 January 2009.
We urge the courts and the authorities to ensure that the perpetrators receive adequate sentences, should they be found guilty in the course of a fair and open trial. We again call for an end to the culture of impunity that exists around the illegal and sometimes violent nature of local harassment against labour rights groups – harassment and impunity which hinder the development of a harmonious society. We also very much hope that Huang Qingnan will receive adequate financial compensation for his injuries and rehabilitation. The need for a just settlement is heightened by the current economic slowdown and the impact this is having on local employment, workers rights, wages and collective bargaining power.

The ITUC once again highlights the long term need for the Chinese government to respect the right of workers to form and join free and independent trade unions and to recognize the role which civil society groups – including labour rights' groups – play in the creation and development of a harmonious society. Respect for these core labour standards are of particular importance in the light of the current economic crisis.

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Hong Kong Business Lobbies Against Workers' Rights in China

2008-11-28T15:40:56Z

Despite the serious problems faced by workers in China, some Hong Kong companies are using the financial crisis as a pretext to demand China revert to the low labour standards of “business-friendly” Hong Kong.

Brussels, 28 November 2008: Despite the serious problems faced by workers in China, some Hong Kong companies are using the financial crisis as a pretext to demand China revert to the low labour standards of “business-friendly” Hong Kong. ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder has written to the Hong Kong authorities urging them to support efforts by the mainland authorities to improve working conditions, and to resist attempts to turn the clock back.

Hong Kong is the only developed economy without legislation on maximum working hours; working weeks of up to 60 hours and more are not unusual, and yet the share of national income that goes to workers is among the lowest among the industrialised countries. Over the border while much of China's labour legislation remains unimplemented, at least the letter of the law could provide workers with some protection – yet now small and medium business owners in Hong Kong have been joined by the major pro-government political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), in urging the Hong Kong government to support suspending certain parts of the newly implemented Labour Contract law in China.

In the run-up to the contract law being passed, some of the most concerted and politically crucial lobbying against pro-labour aspects of the draft law came from industrial associations in Hong Kong and the region. Their lobbying continued throughout the past year – right up until the implementing regulations were finally issued in September 2008.

Businesses and politicians in Hong Kong are now claiming that the labour law – and the world financial crisis –are causing Hong Kong owned businesses to go out of business at an alarming rate. In fact, there is a massive body of evidence to the contrary, with the recent high oil prices, increased costs for transport and raw materials and the high value of the Yuan all pushing many companies to the brink over the past 12 months. Plummeting global demand is expected to make the problem considerably worse.

“With the global financial crisis now beginning to hit the real economy, workers in China need protection more than ever. This effort of powerful Hong Kong business interests with their allies inside China to roll back even modest protection is totally unacceptable,” said ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder. “The campaign of many Hong Kong companies to maintain an underclass of low-paid Chinese workers to be exploited and discarded at will exposes their claims of ‘corporate social responsibility' as meaningless public relations, and will hinder, not help, China's long-term economic development,” he added.

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Olympics: IOC Inaction on Labour Rights Shameful

2008-08-04T08:08:32Z

Campaigners in Hong Kong, backed by the Play Fair 2008 global coalition, have today confronted the International Olympic Committee for its failure to act on widespread exploitation of workers in the manufacture of Olympics-branded products.

International mobilization in 35 countries calls for positive action to clean up Olympic supply chains

Convening today in front of the cultural center on the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade at 10.00 am for a day's worth of activities, including a photo moment and a speakers' corner, protesters will show the IOC that their lack of commitment to basic worker rights is unacceptable.

“Five years have passed since we first called on the IOC to stand up for the workers who make Olympics products, but it is still business as usual for them. Once again, money is pouring in to the coffers of the Olympics movement, but the workers who create the wealth are still being ripped off,” said Guy Ryder, general secretary of the 168-million member International Trade Union Confederation, a Play Fair partner organization.

A clear “road map” of concrete steps that the IOC needs to take to live up to its responsibility to prevent labour rights violations in Olympic supply chains has widespread support, yet the IOC has refused to take action.

According to Play Fair 2008 activists, in the streets of Hong Kong today to raise awareness of the IOC's continued stonewalling on the issue of workers' rights, the IOC has refused to commit staff or resources to constructively follow up on the many outstanding issues – including poverty wages, child labour and excessive overtime – shown to exist in Olympic supply chains.

“Instead of acting properly on the reports by Play Fair, which gave clear evidence of the labour violations, the IOC simply passed the buck to the Beijing organizers, leaving the root problems unsolved,” said Esther de Haan, from the Clean Clothes Campaign.

“The IOC is out of sync with the spirit of the Olympic movement; around the world many organizations and individuals have spoken out on dozens of occasions during the past year about the importance of having the IOC deal with these issues. The IOC should be a leader, not a laggard,” said Laiha Cheung, general secretary of the Hong Kong Clothing Industry, Clerical & Retail Trade Employees General Union.

Play Fair's research into factories in China producing Olympics merchandise revealed numerous violations of international labor standards and Chinese law. Excessive overtime, poverty wages and poor working conditions remain common in the Olympic products and sportswear factories. The IOC never followed up properly on the 2007 report and has not taken any action to make sure that Olympic-branded products would not be made with sweatshop labour. For a full list of the organizations calling upon the IOC to take action, see playfair2008.org.

While the IOC has failed to act, companies in the sector are showing signs of recognizing the extent of the problem and the failure of traditional corporate social responsibility. At a meeting in Hong Kong, at the beginning of July, Play Fair organizations and sportswear companies agreed to form a working group to address some of the root causes of bad labour conditions in the sector. Also, some national Olympic Committees are willing to work on the issue. The IOC is very clearly lagging behind and has taken no steps to address the labour conditions in their supply chain. See "Leading sports brands, unions, NGOs form working group."

“The IOC needs to set the pace, not be a perpetual laggard, leaving workers open to exploitation and abuse when they are making Olympics products,” said Neil Kearney, general secretary of the International Textile, Leather and Garment Workers' Federation. “The opportunity to make real change around the Beijing Games has gone; we will continue our campaign until the day that the IOC faces up to its responsibilities.”

Photos:

• High resolution photos of today's action are downloadable here

Movies:

• From the Thai Labour Campaign & CCC (Workers' Olympics 2004)

• Catch the flame video: here & here

• Fila be fair to workers at Tae Hwa, Indonesia

• Nike and their dealings with sweatshops

Background information:

• Play Fair's road map for the IOC

• Play Fair 2008 research report on working conditions in factories producing Olympic logo goods

An update on the four Chinese factories profiled

• For additional info, see www.playfair2008.org and www.catchtheflame.org

International contacts:

• Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) International Secretariat
Esther de Haan: Tel. +31 20 412 27 85 (office) or +31 642 24 31 53 (mobile)

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Kristin Blom, Campaigns Officer
Tel. +32 487 38 44 91 (mobile) (Kristin will be difficult to reach during
August 1st due to long-distance traveling)

• International Textile, Leather and Garment Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)
Neil Kearney, General Secretary
Tel. +32 2 512 2606 (office) or + 32 475932487 (mobile)

Hong Kong contacts:

• TUC/GUF/HKCTU Hong Kong Liaison Office
Dominique Muller
852-35422614 (office) / 61104096 (mobile)

Staphany Wong
852-35422614 (office) / 93732744 (mobile)

• Hong Kong Clothing Industry, Clerical & Retail Trade Employees General Union
Laiha Cheung, General Secretary
852-27708668 (office) / 93084848 (mobile)

• Clean Clothes Campaign (representative in Hong Kong)
Michaela Königshofer
852-93475234

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