type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>Using the concept of ‘constrained agency’ introduced by Neil Coe and David Jordhus-Lier, this article attempts to evaluate the possibilities and constraints facing labour agency in the Pearl River Delta in China. By reviewing the social, economic and political background...</p>

Introduction : globalisation and Chinese migrant workers -- Labour conflict in Shen Zhen: a historical review -- Community and shop floor culture: a prelude to workers' protests -- Strikes and changing power relations in the workplace -- Workplace conflict, legal institution, and labour regime...