From Minimum Wage to Standard Work Hour: HKSAR Labour Politics in Regime Change
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1868-1026,1868-4874
DOI: 10.1177/186810261304200304