Communist China has plenty of detailed laws on workers rights, but they are often ignored...Now the state [China] is looking to improve workers' access to legal help. It has opened nearly 2,500 official legal aid centres since the mid-1990s. It is also rethinking many of the rules that discriminate against migrants...These policy shifts are nudging once-risky human rights activities into the mainstream...Multinational firms, fearful of a consumer backlash, tend to have higher standards, say Chinese labour lawyers. Sports shoe brands Nike, Reebok and Adidas published independent inspectors' reports for the first time this year.