One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978
policy of" reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that …

Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the
backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet …

As China's government manages a transition away from the socialist plan, how does it build
the regulatory institutions it needs to manage the new market economy? Without the correct …

The performance implications of the involvement of grassroots local party committees of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the decision making of China's listed firms are …

This paper explores the performance effects of human resource management (HRM)
practices in 74 Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Four high …

Like opening Pandora's box, Chinese reforms have unleashed institutional and social forces
which have led to a variety of production regimes co-existing under the permissive banner of …

During recent years there has been a growing interest in the way patterns of employment
relations are changing in China. This up-to-the-minute book reviews the policy and practice …

" This enlightening book provides the first systematic introduction to, and exploration of, the
emerging system of industrial relations in China, and draws on the authors' extensive …

In this paper a simple simultaneous model is constructed to examine whether there are
productivity spillovers from both the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI) and …

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 …