國際力量暗戰中國勞動合同法
與其他勞動相關法律不同，《勞動合同法》涉及到了勞動法理念及技術兩個層面的內容。一方面，1995年開始實施的中國《勞動法》僅為勞動關係調整提供了一個空泛的框架，面對市場經濟高速發展下的勞動力市場和用工方式變化，《勞動法》及其配套法規已經略顯無力；另一方面，中國勞動關係領域開始出現不穩定跡象，相關的爭議案件和群體性事件都有不斷上升的趨勢，引起了政府的警覺。
This is not to say that Chinese workers themselves are not suffering, along with everyone else, from the crisis. The post-Deng Xiaoping era has seen China tie itself firmly to the world capitalist market, dismantling any semblance of ‘socialised' industry. The state owned enterprises were gutted long ago, while an enlarging private capitalist class has emerged. The Iron Rice Bowl, a system under which many workers had guaranteed employment, health care and housing was conspicuously smashed.
