Chu Xin’s search for work has taken him on a journey this summer. First he travelled some 1,500km from his home in China’s deep south-west to Shenzhen, a bustling manufacturing hub across from Hong ...

Just as President Donald Trump is making it much more expensive for American companies to bring in skilled foreign workers, China is rolling out a plan to welcome them. On Oct. 1, China will launch a ...

The biggest workforce in the world has undergone an extraordinary transformation. China’s farm labourers and industrial proletariat have been joined by an army of gig workers. Tens of millions now use ...

China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities, and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model. China today produces nearly a third of the world’s ...