China Urban poverty and China’s globalism: what’s the relationship? April 23, 2018 1 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. China’s Party chief and President, Xi Jinping, has boastfully publicized his regime’s firm intention to eliminate poverty by the year…
China Domestic Gender Inequalities in China: Count Children In February 2, 2018 0 Written by Yang Hu. Progress toward gender equality is a tale of two spheres in China. In the public sphere, we see converging trends in…
Cambodia The Contested Terrain of Cambodian Women’s Social Mobility August 11, 2017 0 Written by Vicheth Sen. A recent report shows how impressive Cambodia’s economic growth has been, being one of the few countries in the world with…
Diaspora No Smooth Sailing: Philippines ‘Utility Men’, Servitude and Dreams of Better Days. May 30, 2017 0 A utility man recruiting seafarers at Manila's informal seamen's market along Kalaw Street Written by Roderick Galam. ‘If you stayed and worked here, nothing is…
Business Strikes and uprisings in India's automobile factories March 21, 2017 1 Written by Jörg Nowak. The strikes and riots at India´s biggest passenger car producer Maruti Suzuki in 2011 and 2012 sent shockwaves throughout the automobile…
China Made in China 2025 October 26, 2016 0 Written by Boy Lüthje. China has become an important testing ground for an emerging paradigm of capitalist production that has been promoted under catchwords like…
China Industrial Action and Pension Worries: Why workers strike October 24, 2016 0 Written by Stefan Schmalz and Brandon Sommer. In April 2014 more than 40,000 workers staged a walkout at the shoe producer Yue Yuen (YY) in Dongguan, which…
China China’s New Labour Politics October 20, 2016 0 Written by Mark Selden and Jenny Chan. By some measures China surpassed the United States in 2014 to become the world’s largest economy. It did so…
China What happens when migrant workers suffer injury? October 19, 2016 0 Written by Li Sun. In 2010, China became the world’s second largest economy. As the “world’s factory,” China can be regarded as a nation with a…
China What do Labour NGOs in China do? October 17, 2016 1 Written by Tim Pringle. On 27 September 2016, disturbing television footage of three labour activists was beamed across China. Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei and Tang Huanxing…
