She added that Storm Aileen had caused widespread problems, including surface water flooding, bringing trees and branches down, and causing minor damage to homes.
The shift comes after a far-ranging inspection by the Fair Labor Association, a monitoring group, found widespread problems — including at least 43 violations of Chinese laws and regulations, and numerous instances where Foxconn defied industry codes of conduct by having employees work more than 60 hours a week, and sometimes more than 11 days in a row.
For Wall Street, the skirmish has inadvertently brought fresh and unwelcome attention to the investor arbitration process and its flaws, and could severely curtail efforts by investors hurt by widespread problems, including claims of being marketed unsuitable investments by brokers who gave a deceptive sales pitch.
Other countries with widespread problems include China, Mongolia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and the United States.
Other countries with widespread problems include China, Mongolia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and the United States.
But elections officials in most states — many of them Republican — have reported no instances of widespread election problems, including fraud.
In spearheading the creation of Charter 08, Liu Xiaobo crossed the starkest line of all: Do not challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on political power, and do not suggest that China's problems — including widespread corruption, labor unrest, and rampant environmental degradation — might be connected to the lack of progress on political reform.
The doctors found a host of problems, including widespread illness among kids and long waits for medical care, and called the practice of family detention "an exploitation and an assault on the dignity and health of children and families".
The children's agency is warning that the violence is the symptom of deep rooted problems, including widespread poverty.
The region suffers from many problems, including widespread poverty, unemployment, poor access to clean water and sanitation, weak infrastructure, and limited access to health facilities and services.
"At present, violations of employees' rights in private firms are to some extent widespread," the federation wrote, with problems including the refusal of companies to sign labor contracts, illegal docking of wages, excessive hours, terrible work conditions and frequent injuries.
