摘要
ANovember 2Oll Human Rights Watch report on alleged labor abuses in four mining firms in ,Zambia parented by state-owned enterprise China Non-ferrous Metal Min- ing Co. （CNMC） has predictably become a media sensation. Countless news outlets and blogs have reported that the Chinese firms are ＂bad employers＂ compared to the five Western-based major foreign in- vestors in Zambia＇s copper mining indus- try, as regards safety, pay, work hours and union fights.
