Law and fair work in China

1. Introduction -- 2. Chinese fair work law from 1912 to 1978 : creation and destruction -- 3. A second start : the re-creation of labour market and legal institutions from 1978 to 1994 -- 4. The Labour Law of 1994 : structuring modern Chinese work regulation -- 5. After the Labour Law : crisis and regulatory responses from 1994 to 2007 -- 6. The Labour Contract Law of 2007 : reforming contract to protect work standards? -- 7. Making reform work? : dispute resolution, labour inspection and firm behaviour since 2007 -- 8. Conclusion : eight observations about fair work law in China.