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Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory draws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs. Anthropologist Jaesok Kim examines how governments, to attract MNCs, relinquish parts of their legal rights over these entities, while MNCs also give up portions of their rights as proxies of global capitalism by complying with local government guidelines to ensure infrastructure and cheap labor. This ethnography demonstrates how a particular MNC struggled with the pressure to be increasingly profitable while negotiating the clash of Korean and Chinese cultures, traditions, and classes on the factory floor of a garment corporation. Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory pays particular attention to common features of post-socialist countries. By analyzing the contentious collaboration between foreign management, factory workers, government officials, and gangs, this study contributes not only to the research on the politics of resistance but also to how global and local forces interact in concrete and surprising ways.

Business anthropology - China - Qingdao. --- Business anthropology -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Clothing factories - China - Qingdao. --- Clothing factories -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Corporations, South Korean - China - Qingdao - Sociological aspects. --- Corporations, South Korean -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects. --- Industrial relations - China - Qingdao. --- Industrial relations -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- International business enterprises - China - Qingdao - Sociological aspects. --- International business enterprises -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects. --- Labor and globalization - China - Qingdao. --- Labor and globalization -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Sweatshops - China - Qingdao. --- Sweatshops -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Corporations, South Korean --- International business enterprises --- Clothing factories --- Sweatshops --- Industrial relations --- Labor and globalization --- Business anthropology --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial Management --- Sociological aspects --- Sociological aspects. --- Sweat shops --- Sweated industries --- Sweating system --- Globalization and labor --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- South Korean corporations --- Capital and labor --- Employee-employer relations --- Employer-employee relations --- Labor and capital --- Labor-management relations --- Labor relations --- Garment factories --- Business --- Corporate anthropology --- Industrial anthropology --- Management anthropology --- Private sector anthropology --- Public sector anthropology --- Anthropological aspects --- Factories --- Anti-sweatshop movement --- Globalization --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures --- Employees --- Anthropology --- Corporate culture --- E-books --- Labor --- Labor and laboring classes --- Manpower --- Work --- Working class --- K9418.90 --- S11/0830 --- S10/0583 --- S11/1215 --- S11/0534 --- Korea: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- migrant labor, foreign workers --- China: Social sciences--Labour conditions and trade unions: since 1949 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Management of private enterprises --- China: Social sciences--Works on national minorities and special groups: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Class studies