The slave labor scandal at brick factories in northern China has drawn unusually strong criticism from the state-run media since it broke last month. As well as the convictions of of those directly involved 95 low-level officials have been punished for dereliction of duty in supervising the kilns. What is surprising is that no higher level officials were disciplined given that it would be unlikely slave labor could be operating on such a scale without collusion at the municipal or provincial level.

The slave labor scandal at brick factories in northern China has drawn unusually strong criticism from the state-run media since it broke last month

For some reason I found that kind of funny.