social reform; and China's integration into the global political economy … Economy, Media Reform, and Knowledge Workers -- 2 The Commodification Process -- 3 The Structuration Process -- 4 The …

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness … growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI … liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to …

After a quarter of a century of market reform, China has become the workshop of the world and the leading growth engine … for extremely low wages. Working in China introduces the lived experiences of labour in a wide range of occupations and …