238 China's emerging working class and the future of the labor movement

Thursday, August 2, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
OB 29 (Faculty of Economics)

RC44 Labor Movements (host committee)
Session Organizer:
Pun NGAI, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
To struggle for workers' identity: The resistance of Jiashu workers
Shaopeng SONG, Renmin University of China, China

Global capital, the state and Chinese workers:the Foxconn experience
Ngai PUN, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Lulu FAN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Women and labour division in China's rural society
Ya LIU, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China; Changjiang LI, Peking University, China

Vocational education and the new generation of working class in China (Oral)
Anita KOO, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Yunxue DENG, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

The concept of the working class and China's social stratification (Oral)
Siufu TANG, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

World factory without workers? The new facet of Chinese workers' strikes (Distributed Paper)
Chun-Yi LEE, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

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