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<p> The book's contributors used cloak-and-dagger fieldwork skills to provide a sharp picture of labor conditions at Walmart s suppliers and in its Chinese stores. They show that the company s Ethical Standards Program has done little to prevent sweatshop-like abuses among its suppliers. On the other hand, its store employees have taken easily to the corporate culture, whose Christian- and rural-inflected ethos meshes with Chinese traditions of moral exhortation, mutual surveillance, and the pursuit of personal ambition through collective service. Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2012)

<p> The secrets of Walmart's success lie in Bentonville, but also in Guangdong. In this groundbreaking book, Anita Chan and others pull back the curtain on the Chinese side of the world-shaping retail model and spotlight its huge implications for the U.S. economy. -Chris Tilly, UCLA

Anita Chan's newly edited book, Walmart in China, is one of the best academic works on Chinese labor in recent years....As one of the finest scholarly works generated from international cooperation, this book opens at least two important areas for further exploration. First, labor relations in Walmart stores are worth further ethnographic exploration. Second, it would be interesting to study the evolving role of trade unions since the CCP-led state has emphasized trade union reform and wage bargaining from 2010. Chris, King-Chi Chan, The China Journal(July 2013)

<p> The book's contributors used cloak-and-dagger fieldwork skills to provide a sharp picture of labor conditions at Walmart's suppliers and in its Chinese stores. They show that the company's Ethical Standards Program has done little to prevent sweatshop-like abuses among its suppliers. On the other hand, its store employees have taken easily to the corporate culture, whose Christian- and rural-inflected ethos meshes with Chinese traditions of moral exhortation, mutual surveillance, and the pursuit of personal ambition through collective service. -Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2012)

The book's contributors used cloak-and-dagger fieldwork skills to provide a sharp picture of labor conditions at Walmart's suppliers and in its Chinese stores. They show that the company's Ethical Standards Program has done little to prevent sweatshop-like abuses among its suppliers. On the other hand, its store employees have taken easily to the corporate culture, whose Christian- and rural-inflected ethos meshes with Chinese traditions of moral exhortation, mutual surveillance, and the pursuit of personal ambition through collective service. -Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2012) The authors demonstrate how the sheer scale of Walmart intimidates suppliers into accepting tight lead times, leading to illegally long working hours, an increase in outsourcing, and an atmosphere of insecurity and powerlessness at almost all levels in the supply chain... Chan and her fellow contributors provide labour activists with considerable food for thought, and-who knows-maybe even a few sleepless nights for some of the most committed antitrade union executives on the planet. -Tim Pringle, British Journal of Industrial Relations (March 2013) Anita Chan's newly edited book, Walmart in China, is one of the best academic works on Chinese labor in recent years...As one of the finest scholarly works generated from international cooperation, this book opens at least two important areas for further exploration. First, labor relations in Walmart stores are worth further ethnographic exploration. Second, it would be interesting to study the evolving role of trade unions since the CCP-led state has emphasized trade union reform and wage bargaining from 2010. -Chris, King-Chi Chan,The China Journal(July 2013) The book provides a multidimensional analysis of Walmartization in China... The essays show some optimism for the future of Walmart's labour movement, with critical suggestions provided for key parties. -Xuebing Cao, Work, Employment & Society (2013) The secrets of Walmart's success lie in Bentonville, but also in Guangdong. In this groundbreaking book, Anita Chan and others pull back the curtain on the Chinese side of the world-shaping retail model and spotlight its huge implications for the U.S. economy. -Chris Tilly, UCLA

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Anita Chan is Research Professor at the China Research Centre of the University of Technology, Sydney. She is the editor of Walmart in China andChinese Workers in Comparative Perspective, both from Cornell, author ofChina's Workers under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy and Children of Mao: Personality Development and Political Activism in the Red Guard Generation, and coauthor of Chen Village: Revolution to Globalization.

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