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 BEIJING (AP) - China enacted a law Friday meant to improve workers' rights after the communist government took the unprecedented step of seeking input from foreign companies and the Chinese public.
The measure, the biggest change in Chinese labor law in more than a decade, was preceded by intense debates, warnings about potential damage to business, and charges from activists that U.S. and other foreign companies were trying to suppress workers' rights.
Approval came two weeks after the discovery by police of children and adults working as slaves at brick kilns in the country's central provinces, highlighting abuses that have accompanied China's economic boom.
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