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Gen Next
2012-05-25 08:25
New generation of migrant workers are different and more demanding - which could impact competitiveness of China.
A life in the day of a Foxconn employee
2012-05-25 08:25
Young workers can hope for change
2012-05-25 08:25
As a result of export-processing industrialization, China has become a successful "world's factory" and given rise to a new labor class comprising of more than 200 million rural migrant workers. It has long been argued that the key to success was the use of this cheap, young and well-educated labor force. Now the next generation has moved to industrialized towns and cities. What is the process of proletarianization of peasant-workers in China today? Is the new generation so different from their previous one? What is the hope for this new generation?
New generation of migrants different from earlier one
2012-05-25 08:25
What exactly are the differences between the new generation of migrant workers and the older one? In September and October of 2011, a research group carried out a city-wide questionnaire survey in Shanghai.
Snapping at the heels
2012-05-18 08:49
Multinationals are increasingly feeling the pressure of Chinese competition.
Competition, collaboration: all in the game for private firms
2012-05-18 08:49
John Deng is a Chinese entrepreneur who has taken on foreign multinationals and won. Vimicro, the company which he founded in 1999, is now the leading chip maker for PC cameras in the world with a global 60 percent market share.
Taking a leaf out of foreign firms' book
2012-05-18 08:49
Chinese companies increasingly using techniques of multinationals to pose competitive challenge
The other side of competition
2012-05-18 08:49
Foreign firms should focus more on the diversity of local markets in China
Changing realities of Chinese market
2012-05-18 08:49
Path to quick profits no longer that easy for foreign companies
Changing role
2012-05-11 08:38
Evolving economic paradigm makes NGOs crucial catalyst for social goals.
Daunting challenge ahead
2012-05-11 11:30
Lack of funding is still the main concern for most grassroots NGOs operating in China.
Step by step, making a difference
2012-05-11 08:38
Eco-warrior says China making good progress on several environmental issues, despite challenges.
Grassroots approach need of the hour
2012-05-11 08:38
International NGOs must strive to work more closely with local support groups in China.
Triggering a snowball effect
2012-05-11 08:38
Social media may soon become an integral tool for nonprofit organizations.
Subject of interest
2012-05-04 08:47
Books on China have never been more popular, but are they teaching us anything?
The art of translating
2012-05-04 10:48
With demand for Chinese literature growing in the English speaking world, translators have rarely been so in demand.
Foreign publishers plug into China
2012-05-04 08:47
Major imprints exploring partnerships and opportunities in fast-expanding market.
Time to embrace publishing opportunity
2012-05-04 08:47
There are many, many debates about the direction of, and challenges facing, the UK publishing industry. What nobody is disputing is that the business we know is rapidly changing. Digital advances and the blurring of publishing boundaries and traditional business structures have led to discussions about the very nature of our trade.
Focus should have been on those present at book fair
2012-05-04 08:47
Chinese writers were under the spotlight in the British media in the lead-up to the London Book Fair, with China being the country of "Market Focus". While it was lovely to see a sustained interest in China in the Books pages of some of the UK's leading papers, it was somewhat disconcerting to see a disproportionate focus on who got, or rather, did not get, invited. It was as if the writers who did not make the list were the only true independent voices of Chinese literature while those who did, did not matter.
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