Chinese management is in transition, as China increasingly becomes a major economic player in international business. While not completely immune from the effects of the ongoing global economic crisis, China is still contributing to world economic growth. The Chinese Communist Party leaders have...

China's labour legislation, exemplified by a series of laws passed since 1994 and culminating in the Labour Contract Law implemented in 2008, reflects the Chinese Communist Party leadership's commitment to the creation of a ‘harmonious society’. The stated key to the achievement of such...

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, prior to the Western impact, China was a major commercial power in Southeast Asia. In recent decades, China has begun to play a role in business networks in the context of growing Asian economic integration. The emergence of a sizeable middle class in...