I'm still here, just finishing up a quick trip through the mainland.

Today, Stephen Frost posts a translated <a href="http://www.asianlabour.org/archives/002549.php">employment ad</a> for a Pearl River Delta factory.  The sex requirement ("Female") is worth noting because female workers usually cause less trouble when faced with labor issue abuses, but it's not especially significant in general; over the course of my trip, I made note of the large number of "招女工" ("Hiring female workers") signs posted in front of businesses all over Han China.

Also worth following is Frost's continuously updated <a href="http://www.asianlabour.org/archives/Big%20Mac%20Index1.htm"><em class="weblog title">Asian Labour News</em> Big Mac Index</a>.