Huaiyin Li, with Jenny Chan 20 March 2024 Made in China Journal Huaiyin Li Huaiyin Li, PhD (UCLA), is Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Village Governance in North China, 1875–1936 (Stanford University Press, 2005), Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948–2008 (Stanford University Press,Continue reading “The Master in Bondage: A Conversation with Huaiyin Li”
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Mark Selden: interview on Apple, China and the US (9 Mar 2024)
9 March 2024 Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff, Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose allowing us to assess the impact of global capitalism’s deepening crisis on workers. Interview with co-author Mark Selden. MarkContinue reading “Mark Selden: interview on Apple, China and the US (9 Mar 2024)”
Combien de suicides faudra-t-il encore pour fabriquer un iPhone?
7 March 2024 Suicides, heures supplémentaires à n’en plus finir, hostilité et violence dans les usines en Chine. S’appuyant sur des témoignages de travailleurs migrants, d’étudiants en stages, de cadres et de syndicalistes, Dying for an iPhone est un exposé terrifiant permettant de mesurer combien le capitalisme peut encore aujourd’hui contribuer à la dégradations des conditions deContinue reading “Combien de suicides faudra-t-il encore pour fabriquer un iPhone?”
Jenny Chan interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times
“In-depth | India’s Electronic Ambitions Ride on Young Female Employees” 24 Dec 2023 by Dia Rekhi The Economic Times / tech Link to full content: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com//tech/technology/in-depth-indias-lofty-electronics-manufacturing-ambitions-rides-heavily-on-young-women/articleshow/106237268.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst As India tries to pip China and countries like Vietnam to be the destination of choice for large electronics manufacturing firms, experts warn of certain patterns that India should notContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times”
REVIEW OF The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy
The China Quarterly (Volume 256 – December 2023) REVIEW OF The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy Lin ZHANG New York: Columbia University Press, 2023 REVIEWER: Jenny Chan Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2023, pp. 1109-1111 Print publication: December 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023001558 Below PDF for download:
Jenny Chan interviewed for Bloomberg News on youth employment (4 Dec 2023)
China Youths Swap City Dreams for Country Living as Jobs Crisis Mounts 4 Dec 2023 Bloomberg News Full content link : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-03/china-youths-swap-city-dreams-for-country-living-as-jobs-crisis-mounts?srnd=premium-asia Funneling graduates away from cities where technological innovations are developed risks further undermining growth, while slowing urbanization would reduce demand for new homes, a major contributor to the economy. Some see Xi’s ruralContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed for Bloomberg News on youth employment (4 Dec 2023)”
Jenny Chan interviewed for Rest of World (28 Nov 2023)
“Inside Foxconn’s Struggle to Make iPhones in India,” by Viola Zhou and Nilesh Christopher Rest of World 28 Nov 2023 Link to content : https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-india-iphone-factory/ When electronics manufacturing took off in China in the 1980s, rural women who had just begun moving to the cities made up the majority of the factory workforce. They didn’tContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed for Rest of World (28 Nov 2023)”
Jenny Chan. 2023. “Informalization of Labor in Contemporary China.” Pp. 591-601 in Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work, edited by Maurizio Atzeni, Dario Azzellini, Alessandra Mezzadri, Phoebe Moore and Ursula Apitzsch. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Jenny Chan is interviewed with The Independent (by ADAM LUCK, 19 Nov 2023)
“Meet the Tech Billionaire Whose Foray into Politics is Stoking Anger in China” 19 Nov 2023 The Independent by ADAM LUCK … Foxconn expert Jenny Chan, a professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said: “If Gou is elected then there will be uncertainty. Xi wants to influence the outcome in the Taiwanese elections and IContinue reading “Jenny Chan is interviewed with The Independent (by ADAM LUCK, 19 Nov 2023)”
Jenny Chan interviewed in The Wire China
Jenny Chan, Associate Professor of Sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, was interviewed by Aaron Mc Nicholas for The Wire China. Foxconn Under Fire The Chinese authorities are probing the iPhone assembler as its founder Terry Gou’s political ambitions grow 12 Nov 2023 PDF Foxconn entered mainland China in 1988 when it set up aContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed in The Wire China “
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