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Working in China : ethnographies of labor and workplace transformation
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ISBN: 0415770009 041576999X 0203966988 9780415770002 9780415769990 1280622296 9786610622290 9780203966983 9781135988869 9781135988906 9781135988913 1135988900 Year: 2006 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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After a quarter of a century of market reform, China has become the workshop of the world and the leading growth engine of the global economy. Its immense labour force accounts for some twenty-nine per cent of the world's total labour pool but all too little is known about Chinese labour beyond the image of workers toiling under appalling sweatshop conditions for extremely low wages. Working in China introduces the lived experiences of labour in a wide range of occupations and work settings. The chapters of this book cover professional employees such as engineers and lawyers

China's business reforms : institutional challenges in a globalized economy
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ISBN: 0415345170 0415648807 9786610231638 1280231637 0203537033 9781134283262 1134283261 9780203537039 9781134283217 9781134283255 9780415345170 9780415648806 1134283253 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon,

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China's recent economic reforms have led to impressive growth, and an unprecedented enthusiasm for establishing foreign enterprises in China. Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now considered to be the world's third biggest economy. Its greater economic integration with the rest of the world, especially since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has further accelerated its market-oriented economic reforms. China is now opening its protected markets and beginning to submit to the rule of international law. Thi

Economic and social transformation in China : challenges and opportunities
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ISBN: 0415380677 0203970098 9780415380676 9780203970096 1134179243 1280648597 9786610648597 0415545579 9781134179190 9781134179237 9781134179244 9780415545570 1134179235 Year: 2006 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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The Center for China Studies is among China's most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these reports is collected in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities for Chinese development and the government's thinking on economic and social issues. Including comparative studies with developed and developing nations, analysis of past economic performance and future trends, and effects of demographic shifts such as population ageing

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