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Yedan Li

Yedan Li

Yedan Li, LL.M., LL.B. is a PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam, faculty of law, with a research topic: Court Mediation with Chinese Characteristics? Lessons from Labor Courts. As a social-legal researcher, she has been working with courts, labor bureaus and mediation centers in China. Her research interests include ADR, court studies and labor disputes resolution in China.

Old Town with New Men

More than 80% of labour disputes in China are solved through mediation, but the processes do not eliminate the antagonism. In the previous part of this blog, I discussed the locals and emigrant workers’ lives in the divided Qingyang town. What effect does this have on labour disputes and the process of solving them?

Awakening of New Power

In part 1 of this blog, I discussed the locals’ exclusive life in the divided Qingyang town. This part of the blog will go to the other side of town and explore the lives of an ‘emerging power’: low-educated emigrant workers.

A Divided Town

If China is the world’s factory, then Qingyang town represents the forefront of production. As a town that features manufacturing industry, Qingyang Town is flooded with 2 million emigrant workers, while the registered permanent residents are fewer than 0.4 million.

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