Dispersive Containment: A comparative case study of labor politics in central China

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 22, Issue 79, 2013, Pages 131-147

  Cheng, Xiuying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABOR RELATIONS; POPULAR PROTEST;

CHINA;

EID: 84879635988     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716948     Document Type: Article

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14. According to sampling research conducted by the Population and Labor Economy Research Institution in the Social Science Academy and the Local Social Statistics Bureau. The five cities included in the research are: Wuhan, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Xi’an and Shengyang. Shanghai and Fuzhou represent the thriving east coast, while Wuhan, Xi’an and Shengyang are the inner cities with the most SOEs; thus, the latter group is impacted by the economic restructuring most severely. Note
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17. The official name for those enterprises owned by a group of people, rather than the state.
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24. This means that the amount of compensation that they will receive is equal to their length of service (how many years they worked in this factory) multiplied by 850 Yuan (US$130). Note
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27. Quote from Lao Zhang and his colleagues.
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32. This new regulation of petition was issued by the state council in May 2005. It consolidated the political significance of the petition institution through transforming the petition system according to the ‘rule of law’. Note