In a commentary in the Guardian, our East Asia Researcher Lowell Chow finds signs that human rights are slowly moving up the agenda in corporate China.  A combination of greater scrutiny and protest by civil society, and stronger regulation, are motivating some firms to take steps in the right direction. 

He draws on findings from our recent briefing "Time for Action: Business & Human Rights in Greater China".  The briefing found that our approaches to companies operating in Greater China inviting them to respond to civil society concerns have quadrupled since 2005.  And that while only 50% of the Chinese firms we contact do respond, they are more likely to respond in detail than those headquartered outside China.