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Against the law: labour protests in China's rustbelt and sunbelt

Chinese workers protest
Chinese workers protest

A detailed study by Ching Kwan Lee of China's transition from a more state capitalist model to a more free market system from the 1990s to the early 2000s, the effect on the working class and how workers responded to the changes.

Submitted by Anonymous on July 11, 2017

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Against-law-1.pdf (6.13 MB)
Against-law-2.pdf (5.96 MB)
  • manufacturing and materials
  • strikes
  • China
  • state socialism
  • privatisation
  • Ching Kwan Lee
  • PDF

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