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Reviews Ching Kwan Lee. Against the Law: Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. xiv, 325 pp. Paperback $21.95, ISBN 978-0-520-25097-0. This is a fascinating and well-written book based on extensive fieldwork and personal interviews. It studies labor protests in two different provinces of China, Liaoning and Guangdong, and presents a solid piece of research on labor protests in two very different places. Liaoning, the old industrial base in northern China, is portrayed in this book as a rustbelt region that has taken on the challenging task of eradicating the remains of a planned economy. Guangdong, the thriving southern province of China, is portrayed as a sunbelt region that has experienced a booming market economy. The author reveals that labor protests in these two regions have very different styles. Workers of state-run enterprises in the north have been hit hard by mergers, bankruptcies, and closings of factories where they have worked their whole lives. They are fighting for the fringe benefits that their livelihood depends so much on. The migrant labors in the south, however, suffer from different kinds of exploitation: low or unpaid wages, poor working conditions, and inhumane treatment. The
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Aug 5, 2009
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