Labor and Employment Relations in China Comparative Perspective

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Since its open up in 1978 to private investment, China's planned economy has , been turned into a market-driven economy. Relying heavily on the , export-oriented industries, China serves as a "spatial fix" for Western , capital, which eagerly search for new sites of investment and business , opportunities. As a result, China has become a gigantic manufacturing hub and , the second largest economy in the world. The massive inflow of foreign , investment, the pro-business developmental strategies of the Chinese state , plus weak legal enforcement in the country have rendered workers victims of , the economic reform. This course will examine labour relations in , post-socialist China. ,