Between the State and Labour: The Conflict of Chinese Trade Unions' Double Identity in Market Reform

By Fen-ling Chen. The China Quarterly, 2003

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Remaking the World of Chinese Labour: A 30-Year Retrospective (2010, background): “Against claims that Chinese unions are becoming corporatist (A. Chan 1993) or suffer from a ‘double identity’ (Chen 2003), we argue that Chinese unions think of themselves as, and behave like, government agencies (Lau 2003).”
The Dynamics and Dilemma of Workplace Trade Union Reform in China: The Case of the Honda Workers’ Strike (2012, background): “Much as in other state socialist countries, the ACFTU has a double institutional identity: as a state instrument under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and as a labour organization nominally representing the interests of workers (Chen, 2003).”
Suppliers’ Compliance with MNCs’ Codes of Conduct: Behind the Scenes at Chinese Toy Suppliers (2007, background): “Three additional factors have also been suggested to be important in explaining the lack of enforcement of Chinese labour law (Zhu and Fahey, 1999; Lau, 2001; Liew, 2001; Cooney et al., 2002; Chen, 2003; Cooke, 2004).”