Scholarly discussions of contemporary Chinese industrial relations (IR) have become relatively less substantive. This is in line with what has been happening recently in China's workplaces-fewer high-profile work stoppages and the gradual improvement of migrant workers' terms and conditions in urban factories. With authorities tightening the control of autonomous worker resistance and non-government labour organisations, there is less excitement about IR in the world's largest emerging economy. Yet serious studies, such as The Emerging Industrial Relations of China, are a constant reminder that, first, investigations of China are still at an early stage and, second, more researchers are emerging to survey the country's changing economy and its impact on work and employment.
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