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Survey points to white-collar overwork

MAY Day is usually a time to honor China's model workers but a recent survey suggests 70 percent of white-collar staff likely work even harder than most award-winning employees. ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, May 08 2007

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