Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination

Kaxton Siu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He researches on labor and migration in China, Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Politics and Society, China Journal, Youth and Society, and British Journal of Social Work.

“This book is of great scholarly interest and depth. It is well organized and includes both an introduction and a concluding chapter that bind the research together with the theoretical discussions and suggested new frames. All in all, Kaxton Siu’s book must be seen as an important work and it is recommended for anybody interested in labour studies.” (Irene Nørlund, China Information, Vol. 35 (2), 2021)

• Introduction: Modes of Domination over Chinese Migrant Industrial Workers.- Hong Kong Female Garment Workers and China's Open Door.- Chinese Migrant Workers' Everyday Lives in the Early 1990s and Late 2000s.- State-Endorsed Exploitation and a Segmented Labor Market in Shenzhen's Garment Industry.- Power and Domination in the Chinese Garment Workplace.- A Comparative Perspective: Vietnamese Migrant Workers in Ho Chi Minh City.- Conclusion.