Two decades after Vietnam introduced a programme of economic renovation commonly known in Doi Moi, the country today allows market competition in industry, and a new working class has been created. This is the first book to focus on the role and conditions of workers in the new economic regime....

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: When the World's Largest Company Encounters the World's Biggest Country / Chan, Anita -- Part One: The Walmart Supply Chain -- 1. Walmart's Long March to China: How a Mid-American Retailer Came to Stake Its Future on the Chinese...

Purpose – All of the major market economies of East Asia have developed institutional arrangements through which business associations, labor unions, and other major types of associations maintain close relationships with the state. During the stage in which these were emerging economies, the...

After two decades of economic reform during which China developed a strong export thrust into the world market, an industrial labour market has taken shape in China. But it is not really a free labour market in that deposits are generally required of workers when they commence employment. For...

Few studies have addressed the impact of employees' inputs on the protection of their health and safety. The research presented in this paper focuses on Chinese factories and measures employees' evaluation of the effectiveness in OHS issues of their enterprise trade union and staff and workers'...

This examination of how Chinese migrant women resident in England engage with Western and Chinese healthcare systems when seeking treatment considers whether medical pluralism can enhance the cultural appropriateness of health care. The paper identifies the extent to which women's pathways to...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: When the World's Largest Company Encounters the World's Biggest Country ~ Anita Chan -- Part One: The Walmart Supply Chain -- 1. Walmart's Long March to China: How a Mid-American Retailer Came to Stake Its Future on the Chinese Economy...