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32 Hamline L. Rev. 133 (2009)
Employment Discrimination in China: The Current Situation and Principle Challenges

handle is hein.journals/hamlrv32 and id is 135 raw text is: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN CHINA: THE CURRENT SITUATION AND PRINCIPLE CHALLENGES Jiefeng Lu* I. INTRODUCTION 134 H. OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN CHINA 137 III. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN CHINA: FORMS, MANIFESTATIONS, AND THE CURRENT SITUATION 142 A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER 142 B. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MIGRANT PEASANT WORKERS 147 C. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE 154 D. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 160 E. OTHER FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 165 1. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PHYSICAL APPEARANCE 165 2. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HEIGHT 167 3. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH HEPATITS B VIRUS 168 4. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATIONAGAINST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE 170 IV. EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CHINA'S ANTI- EMPLOYMENT-DISCRIMINATION MECHANISM 172 A. WHAT CHINESE LAWS SA YABOUT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT: AN ANALYTICAL READING OF RELEVANT CHINESE LEGISLATIONS 173 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION AND THE LABOR LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 173 LLB, Sichuan University Law School (China), 2005; LL.M., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2006; S.J.D. (expected 2010), Temple University Beasley School of Law. The author wishes to thank Professor Scott Burris of Temple University Beasley School of Law for his unflagging encouragement and invaluable guidance. This author is also deeply indebted to Professor Robert J. Reinstein, Professor Robin M. Nilon of Temple University School of Law, and Professor Zhou Wei of Sichuan University Law School for their advice and comments. Thanks are also due to Adelaide Ferguson, Louis Thompson, and John Smagula of Temple Law School for their support and encouragement. All translations are the author's own.

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