Workers’ Rights & Labor Activism in China
Hong Dongfang 韓東方 is an advocate for Chinese workers’ rights who has received numerous international
awards, including the 1993 Democracy Award from the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy. He was instrumental in
establishing the first non-state organized labor union in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Demonstrations and was
imprisoned for nearly 2 years without trial for his role in that historic event. For more than two decades, Han Dongfang and
his team at the Hong Kong-based China Labor Bulletin (which he co-founded in 1994) have been working closely with
migrant workers, labor union leaders, and various NGOs to help defend and promote labors’ rights in China.
For more details please contact Michael Chang,
Professsor of Chinese History (mchang5@gmu.edu).
Monday, April 1, 2013
Reception and Refreshments at 7:00 p.m.
Presentation begins at 7:30 p.m.
Time & Location
This event is free and open to the public.
George Mason University
Mason Hall, Room D003 A & B
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Presented by George Mason University
with support from
the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program (PIP),
which is funded by the Henry Luce and C.V. Starr Foundations
as well as with co-sponsorship from George Mason University’s
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History and Art History
Program in Global Affairs , Department of Public and International Affairs,
and Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
