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China, the Asian Studies Profession and Asia-Pacific Journal

By: Jenny Chan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) December 19, 2025 For a quarter of a century, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (APJJF) has crafted a space for researchers to analyze historical and contemporary developments in the Asia-Pacific and the world. I learned from APJJF writers with growing interest in the deepening integration of China into the global economyContinue reading “China, the Asian Studies Profession and Asia-Pacific Journal”

Chan (2025) Platform labor politics

Chan, Jenny. 2025. “Platform-mediated Informal Employment, the State, and Labor Politics in China.” Pp. 233-47 in The Handbook of Digital Labor, edited by Jack Linchuan Qiu, Shinjoung Yeo and Richard Maxwell. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Jenny Chan presents an overview of platform-mediated labor in China with an emphasis on informal employment, the role of the state,Continue reading “Chan (2025) Platform labor politics”