Focuses on the implications of corporate restructuring for employment and industrial relations, illustrated by case studies. Covers the period from 2005 to 2009.

Gives the results of a survey carried out in the cities of Beijing, Guangzhaou, and Changsha in the period 2003-04 concerning the weekly working hours by demographic characteristicss, by industry, type of ownership, etc. Finds that standards of 40 and 44 hours per week contrasts greater...