Made in China first began in 2012, as a monthly newsletter in Italian aimed at union officials. In this first iteration, the publication was founded on the belief that spreading awareness of the complexities and nuances underpinning socioeconomic change in contemporary Chinese society is important, especially considering how in today’s globalised world Chinese labour issues have reverberations that go well beyond national borders.
In 2016, thanks to the involvement of a group of early-career China scholars then based at The Australian National University, the newsletter was reimagined as a journal with a specific focus on Chinese labour and civil society in English language. From that point on, the project quickly developed in previously unforeseen directions, including not only the journal, but also book series, summer schools, and other events.
The Made in China initiative rests on two pillars: the conviction that today more than ever it is necessary to bridge the gap between the scholarly community and the general public, and the related belief that open access is necessary to ethically reappropriate academic research from commercial publishers who restrict the free circulation of ideas.
The Made in China that you see today is published in partnership with ANU Press and is the result of a collaborative effort by the following group of scholars and activists.
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