labour – Vukašin

Dying for an iPhone – Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Pun Ngai

October 10, 2020

The book reveals the human cost of buyer-driven supply chains and capitalism by examining the consequences of the relationship between Apple and its supplier Foxconn on Chinese workers.

Making Money – Gary Hamilton and Cheng-Shu Kao

September 19, 2020

Western retailers and merchandisers ship their production overseas, primarily to Asia. Hamilton and Kao trace the rise and fall of Taiwan as the main OEM destination for these retailers. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Taiwanese businesspeople, they show how intermediate-demand driven supply chains structure production according to the logic

Schism – Paul Blustein

August 9, 2020

In his book, Blustein chronicles the contentious diplomatic history that led to China's WTO membership and the subsequent trade woes that resulted from the China Shock.