發表時間： 2007-07-10 15:34:31作者：
Child slave labour in brick kiln stirs uproar
According to China Digital Times, a group of fathers from Henan province recently ventured to brick kilns in Shanxi province to rescue theirchildren, who were abducted and illegally forced to work as slaves. There were an estimated 2,000 children, about 400 of whom were from Henanprovince. After rescuing around 40 children, the fathers’ rescue efforts wereobstructed by the local police, who were in alliance with the kiln owners. Exhausting all reasonable approaches and obtaining no responses from the government, the fathers published an open letter on June 5 on the Internet fora. The letter said their children, some as young as 8-years-old, were hoodwinkedor forcibly dragged into cars by human traffickers at railway or busstations, underneath pedestrian overpasses or on the roads. Theywere sold for 500 yuan apiece to the owners of illegal brick kilns in Shanxito work as slave laborers. The children were forced to work at least 14 h a day without enough food. Some of them have been isolated for seven years, others were severely beaten and disabled after they were caught escaping. The letter brought about an outburst of public opinion supporting the rescue campaign and calling for the central government to interfere. It became headlines in both Chinese and foreign media. Chinese authorities’top leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao ordered an investigation into the incident anda rescue of the slave workers on June 15. So far nearly 600 people have beenrescued and 168 suspects detained. In the mean time, China Digital Times posted a translation of a notice released by the CPC Central Office of External Communication, one of the party’s main propaganda arms. The notice says: All External Communication Offices, Central and Local Main News Websites: Regarding the Shanxi 「illegal brick kilns」 event, all websites should reinforce positive propaganda, put more emphasis on the forceful measures that the central and local governments have already taken, and close the comment function in the related news reports. The management of the interactive communication tools, such as online forums, blogs, andinstant messages, should also be strengthened. Harmful information that uses this event to attack the party and the government should be deleted as soon as possible.
山西黑磚窯童奴工引起民憤
據中國數字時代消息，一些河南籍父親最近到山西磚窯去解救他們的孩子， 這些孩子被拐賣後被非法強製作奴工。估計大約有2000名作奴工的孩子，其中約400名是河南人。在救出四十名河南籍的孩子後，營救受到當地警方阻擾，因為警方與黑磚窯主相勾結。父親們向有關政府部門求救也沒有答覆，只得寫公開求救信，呼籲社會各界幫助解救他們的孩子。6月5日這封信發表在網上論壇中。信中說，他們的孩子是在火車站、汽車站、立交橋下、馬路邊等地方，被人販子或誘騙或強行拉上車，以人民幣五百元一個的價格，賣到山西的黑磚窯做苦工。最小的孩子只有八歲。這些孩子每天工作十四個小時以上，還不讓吃飽飯。 有的孩子已經整整和外界隔絕七年，有的因逃跑未遂被打致殘。這封信引起公眾支持營救，要求中央解決的聲浪。山西黑磚窯童奴工事件成為中外媒體的關注點。胡錦濤和溫家寶於15日下令要求嚴查。到目前為止，近600 人獲救， 168名涉案人被捕。與此同時，中國數字時代公布了一份由中共中央對外交流辦公室發布的通知，通知說：所有對外交流辦公室，中央和地方主要的新聞網站：關於山西「非法磚窯」事件，所有網站應該加強肯定的宣傳，把重點放在報導中央和地方政府採取的有力措施上，關閉相關報導的評論窗口。加強交互的交流工具的管理，例如在線論壇，博客和快訊。盡快刪除利用這樁事件攻擊黨和政府的有害信息。
According to China Digital Times, a group of fathers from Henan province recently ventured to brick kilns in Shanxi province to rescue theirchildren, who were abducted and illegally forced to work as slaves. There were an estimated 2,000 children, about 400 of whom were from Henanprovince. After rescuing around 40 children, the fathers’ rescue efforts wereobstructed by the local police, who were in alliance with the kiln owners. Exhausting all reasonable approaches and obtaining no responses from the government, the fathers published an open letter on June 5 on the Internet fora. The letter said their children, some as young as 8-years-old, were hoodwinkedor forcibly dragged into cars by human traffickers at railway or busstations, underneath pedestrian overpasses or on the roads. Theywere sold for 500 yuan apiece to the owners of illegal brick kilns in Shanxito work as slave laborers. The children were forced to work at least 14 h a day without enough food. Some of them have been isolated for seven years, others were severely beaten and disabled after they were caught escaping. The letter brought about an outburst of public opinion supporting the rescue campaign and calling for the central government to interfere. It became headlines in both Chinese and foreign media. Chinese authorities’top leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao ordered an investigation into the incident anda rescue of the slave workers on June 15. So far nearly 600 people have beenrescued and 168 suspects detained. In the mean time, China Digital Times posted a translation of a notice released by the CPC Central Office of External Communication, one of the party’s main propaganda arms. The notice says: All External Communication Offices, Central and Local Main News Websites: Regarding the Shanxi 「illegal brick kilns」 event, all websites should reinforce positive propaganda, put more emphasis on the forceful measures that the central and local governments have already taken, and close the comment function in the related news reports. The management of the interactive communication tools, such as online forums, blogs, andinstant messages, should also be strengthened. Harmful information that uses this event to attack the party and the government should be deleted as soon as possible.
山西黑磚窯童奴工引起民憤
據中國數字時代消息，一些河南籍父親最近到山西磚窯去解救他們的孩子， 這些孩子被拐賣後被非法強製作奴工。估計大約有2000名作奴工的孩子，其中約400名是河南人。在救出四十名河南籍的孩子後，營救受到當地警方阻擾，因為警方與黑磚窯主相勾結。父親們向有關政府部門求救也沒有答覆，只得寫公開求救信，呼籲社會各界幫助解救他們的孩子。6月5日這封信發表在網上論壇中。信中說，他們的孩子是在火車站、汽車站、立交橋下、馬路邊等地方，被人販子或誘騙或強行拉上車，以人民幣五百元一個的價格，賣到山西的黑磚窯做苦工。最小的孩子只有八歲。這些孩子每天工作十四個小時以上，還不讓吃飽飯。 有的孩子已經整整和外界隔絕七年，有的因逃跑未遂被打致殘。這封信引起公眾支持營救，要求中央解決的聲浪。山西黑磚窯童奴工事件成為中外媒體的關注點。胡錦濤和溫家寶於15日下令要求嚴查。到目前為止，近600 人獲救， 168名涉案人被捕。與此同時，中國數字時代公布了一份由中共中央對外交流辦公室發布的通知，通知說：所有對外交流辦公室，中央和地方主要的新聞網站：關於山西「非法磚窯」事件，所有網站應該加強肯定的宣傳，把重點放在報導中央和地方政府採取的有力措施上，關閉相關報導的評論窗口。加強交互的交流工具的管理，例如在線論壇，博客和快訊。盡快刪除利用這樁事件攻擊黨和政府的有害信息。
