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Chinese Labor Policy, Labor Law and the Dialectics of Labor Protest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Ngok KL  and
Lee C.K.
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There could hardly be a better time for publishing Kinglun Ngok's article on Chinese labor policy and legislation. Three major national labor-related laws were passed in 2007 and went into effect in 2008. These are: the Labor Contract Law, the Employment Promotion Law, and the Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law. What does this flurry of labor legislations mean? Why now? And perhaps most important: does it matter for China's workers?

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , e19
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