Over the past 30 years, labour relations, and, indeed, the entirety of working‐class politics in
China, have been dramatically altered by economic reforms. In this review, we focus on the …

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in
the export industries. In recent years, however, there has been growing concern about …

China's new labour law is a significant reform that offers workers greater employment
security and income protection. It is a product of both unprecedented industrial unrest as …

Reviewing recent labour developments and trade union policy shifts in historical
perspective, this article explores the role of trade unions in China's efforts to promote a …

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, worker resistance in China increased
rapidly despite the fact that certain segments of the state began moving in a pro-labor …

The past twenty-five years of economic reform have seen the transformation of labor
relations in China, with the widespread adoption of capitalist labor practices by firms of all …

The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered
the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses …

2010 was a turbulent year for labour relations in China. The wave of strikes sparked by the
Honda workers has highlighted the urgent need for trade union reform and workplace …

In March 2006, the NPC opened a thirty-day period of public comment on the then-draft
Labor Contract Law (passed in June 29, 2007). The increasingly frequent process of public …

This article examines the changes to and relations between labor policy and labor
legislation in the context of China's market transition with a focus on the 1994 Labor Law …