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Cheng Li | July 27, 2010 4:25pm

Labor Strikes and the Future of Chinese Social Policy

With Chinese labor strikes drawing international attention, Cheng Li suggests that it is too early to declare the country on the verge of a workers’ revolution as the strikes are localized and in only a few industries. In this video, Li explains that the middle class will shape the future of China’s social policy.

  • Cheng Li

    Director of Research

    Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center

    Cheng Li is director of research and a senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings, and is a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.

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