This paper argues that whilst the relationship between US consumerism and China's low-
wage production has underpinned China's economic growth in recent years, policy-makers …

Based on a review of divergent interpretations of migrant-worker protests in China, this
article analyzes strike patterns during labor struggles in the summer of 2010. The analysis …

As China's economy continues to slow down after two decades of breakneck growth, strikes
and labour protests have erupted across the world's most populous workers state. In the face …

The financial crisis of 2008 brought the world economy into a new stage. While the western
capitalist countries suffered seriously, China seems to stand out as one of the few countries …

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 …

This essay delineates salient tendencies of Chinese labor politics since the 2008 financial
crisis when China entered a new normal of slow growth and enhanced authoritarianism. It …

In April 2014, approximately 40,000 workers stalled production at Yue Yuen (YY) Gaobu, a
shoemaker, in Guangdong, China. We identify three reasons for the strike: First, China's rise …

Is there a labour movement in China? This contribution argues that China does not have a
labour movement, but that contestation between workers, state and capital is best …

A prominent specialist on the political economy of China compares the responses of
Chinese workers to globalization-induced job cuts and benefit reductions with those of …

China has become a global manufacturing centre with itsunlimited'supply of low cost and
unorganised peasant workers. The potential of Chinese workers to change this condition …