The challenge of labour in China: Strikes and the changing labour regime in global factories

The Challenge of Labour in China: Strikes and the Changing Labour Regime in Global Factories

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-214

  Chan, Chris King Chi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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