Recovered Factories in Argentina: on the thought of Chinese workers

I went to Bueos Aires for attending Second ISA Forum of Sociology from August 1 to 4. This article is do document my observations during the conference, though I have to confess that most of my observations were not coming from the conference rooms....

Gangster Nation—Not Only An On-Line Game

Starting from this year February, we heard that some Chinese labour NGOs were forced to close down or move to other places, especially in the south part of China. Until now, the labour NGOs seems to endure if not more at least not less pressure from the government. This article is to share my personal observation about this situation. 

Chinese labour in the global economy – ESRC large research grant!

Prof. Andreas Bieler and I have been awarded a grant of £275k by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for a project on ‘Globalisation, national transformation and workers’ rights: an analysis of Chinese labour within the global economy’ (RES-062-23-2777; full project proposal). The project runs from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014. On this blog, I will regularly provide a discussion of empirical findings related to this project.