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Confucianism, the Rise of Worker Activism and Labour Law in China

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posted on 2023-05-18, 05:58 authored by Shen, W, Price, Rohan
The recent outbreak of strikes at foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in some Chinese coastal cities brought China and its labour law into the spotlight and raised questions about the future of China’s workforce and labour protection. The core question seems to surround the inherent conflict between, on the one hand, the Party-state’s priority to maintain social stability and “harmony”, and on the other, the growing demands at the grassroots level by China’s workers struggling for better conditions and treatment amid China’s economic growth. This article attempts to take a positive approach in its analysis of the increasing worker activism in China by referring to Confucianism and Chinese labour law.

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Publication title

China: An International Journal

Volume

12

Pagination

115-135

ISSN

0219-7472

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

N U S Press Pte. Ltd.

Place of publication

Singapore

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Copyright 2014 China: an International Journal

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