BOOK CHAPTERS

2013: Chinese Workers on the Belt and Road Initiative,” in Ivan Franceschini, et al., eds., Proletarian China: A Century of Chinese Labour (Verso Books, 2022).

“Forced Labor in the US Construction Industry,” with Katherine Chin, in Katherine Chon and Makini Chisolm-Straker, eds., The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking, 85-99 (Springer, 2021).

“Where is China’s Belt and Road leading international labour rights? An examination of worker abuse by Chinese construction firms in Saipan,“ in Maria Adele Carrai & Jan Wouters, eds., The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance (Edward Elgar Publisher, February, 2020).

"What is socialist about labour law in China?" with Cynthia Estlund, in Pip Nicholson, John Gillespie, Hualing Fu and Will Partlett, eds., Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia (Cambridge University Press, July, 2018).

"United States," in Minawa Ebisui, Sean Cooney and Colin Fenwick, eds., Resolving Individual Labour Disputes: A Comparative Overview (International Labour Organisation, 2016).

“Legal Representation for New York’s Chinese Immigrant Workers,” in Samuel Estreicher and Joy Radice, eds., Beyond Elite Law: Access to Civil Justice in America, 563-80 (Cambridge University Press, 2016).

“Consensus from the Bottom Up? Assessing the Influence of the Sanctions Reform Processes” with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Peter Romaniuk, in Peter Wallensteen and Carina Staibano, eds., International Sanctions: Between Words and Wars in the Global System (Routledge, 2005).

“Sanctions and State Capacity: Towards a Framework for National Level Implementation,” with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Peter Romaniuk in Peter Wallensteen and Carina Staibano, eds., International Sanctions: Between Words and Wars in the Global System (Routledge, 2005).

 

LAW REVIEWS AND JOURNALS

“The Deepening of Legal Preemption in China: Using Government Legal Aid to Demobilize Workers and their Advocates,” China Law and Society Review, 1-23 (2022).

“Labour Protections for Overseas Chinese Workers: Legislative Framework and Judicial Practice,” with Xiaohui Ban, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 304-330 (September 2020).

“美国就业歧视法律制度简介” [“An Introduction to the US Employment Discrimination Legal System”], 反歧视评论 [Anti-Discrimination Law Review], Volume 6 (2019).

“Getting Paid: Solving the Labor Disputes of China’s Migrant Workers,” 26 Berkeley Journal of International Law 254 (2008). 

"The Debate Over Raising Chinese Labor Standards Goes International,” 1 Harvard Law & Policy Review (Online) (Apr. 2007). 

“Reforming the People’s Mediation System in Urban China," 35 Hong Kong Law Journal 715 (2005). 

“中国城镇地区人民调解制度改革” [“Reforming the People’s Mediation System in Urban China”], 司法:纠纷解决与社会和谐 (第一辑) [Journal of Justice: Dispute Resolution and Social Harmony (Vol. 1)], 法律出版社 [Law Press – China] (2006) (Translated by Dai Xin). [Article Summary (Chinese)]

 

REPORTS, OP-EDS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Achieving Justice for Forced Labor Victims in Saipan,” Impact Fund: Social Justice Blog, June 6, 2023.

“Opposing Forced Labor in Xinjiang,” with Katherine Zhang, USALI Perspectives, 3, No. 18, February 28, 2023.

“Legal Victory for Chinese Workers in Saipan,” NYU Labor and Employment Law News, Issue 18, Winter/Spring 2022.

Written testimony for the hearing on “The Future of Women in China: #MeToo, Censorship, and Gender Inequality,” Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Washington, D.C., March 1, 2022.

“Are countries fulfilling the promise of the Violence and Harassment Convention?“ with Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee, openDemocracy, June 21, 2021.

Workplace Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in China: Harmonizing Domestic Law and Practice with International Standards, Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum and the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law, June 2021.

“Legal Remedies for China’s Overseas Workers,” Made in China, Vol. No. 5, Issue No. 3 (2020), pp. 86-91.

“From Africa to Saipan: What Happens When Chinese Construction Firms ‘Go Global’?” Made in China, Vol. No. 5, Issue No. 1 (2020), pp. 160-163.

“How Will China Shape Global Governance,” ChinaFile, May 9, 2020 (discussion of China’s role in the ILO).

“Labor Protections for Overseas Chinese Workers: a Role for Chinese Courts?” Research Brief, China, Law and Development (Oxford University, February 14, 2020).

“The forgotten victims of China’s Belt and Road Initiative,” Washington Post, April 23, 2019 (with Jerome A. Cohen).

“Labour exploitation in Saipan (again): what difference does 20 years make?” Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, December 3, 2018 (analyzing the lessons learned from recent exploitation of Chinese construction workers in Saipan) (Chinese version).

“Forty Years on, Is China Still Reforming?” ChinaFile, November 9, 2018 (discussion of the state of labor relations in China under Xi Jinping).

"The need for meaningful oversight," Marianas VarietyAugust 1, 2018 (with Jennifer Rosenbaum and Mariam Bhacker).

"Sexual harassment at Walmart’s stores and suppliers in China," openDemocracy, June 13, 2018.

"What Is the Significance of China's #MeToo Movement?" ChinaFile, March 20, 2018 (organized and edited this ChinaFile Conversation as well as contributed a piece on sexual harassment litigation in China).

"Is Chinese Investment Good for Workers?" ChinaFile, December 13, 2017 (organized and edited this ChinaFile Conversation on the impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative on foreign and Chinese labor, and contributed a piece on the Imperial Pacific casino project in Saipan).

"Access to Justice for China's Workers," NYU Labor and Employment Law News, Issue 13, Winter 2017.

Who Will Represent China's Workers? Lawyers, Legal Aid, and the Enforcement of Labor Rights, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law, October 2016.

"Chinese Workers and the Legal System: Bridging the Gap in Representation," Made in China, Issue 3 (2016), pp. 15-18.

"Employees in China should be allowed to protest against work conditions without fear of reprisal," South China Morning Post, April 19, 2016.

"中国不应视公民社会组织为威胁" [China should not view civil society groups as a threat ], FT 中文网 [Financial Times China Net], January 11, 2016 (with Eli Friedman & Jerome A. Cohen).

“Cruel irony: China’s Communists are stamping out labor activism,” Washington Post, January 3, 2016 (with Eli Friedman & Jerome A. Cohen).

"Roadmap for Myanmar's Labour Law Reform Process," commissioned by the International Labour Organization and presented at the Stakeholder Forum of the Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labor Rights Practices in Myanmar, May 18-19, 2015 [Executive Summary, Concept Paper, Appendices].

"China’s restrictions on barefoot lawyers could backfire, leading to more unrest,” South China Morning Post, March 30, 2015.

Empty Judgments: The Wage Collection Crisis in New York (2015) (contributing author).

"Strike a balance," South China Morning Post, February 26, 2015 [Chinese version].

"Memo on U.S. Employment Law," in Conference Materials: U.S.-Asia Law Institute Labor Law Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 2014 [English version; English and Chinese version].

"Outline on State and Federal Employment-Related Retaliation Statutes" and "Appendix on Adverse Actions" prepared for National Employment Lawyers Association/NY Conference, September 23, 2011 (co-author).

“EEOC Commissioners Review Regulations, Policies, Priorities.”  40 Labor & Employment Law 7, Fall 2011. 

“Analyzing the Differences between US and Chinese Mediation” [中美调解方式为何不通], 北京青年报 [Beijing Youth Daily], July 10, 2005.

“The Chinese Approach to Mediation” [中国调解纠纷的方式], 北京青年报 [Beijing Youth Daily], July 3, 2005.

“Mediation in the United States” [美国调解纠纷的方式], 北京青年报 [Beijing Youth Daily], June 26, 2005.

“A Comparative Assessment of Saudi Arabia with other Countries of the Islamic World,” with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, Peter Romaniuk, Jesse Finkelstein and Elizabeth Goodfriend, Appendix C to Update on the Global Campaign Against Terrorist Financing: Second Report of an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing (New York, NY: Council on Foreign Relations, June 2004). 

Targeted Financial Sanctions: A Manual for Design and Implementation (Contributions from the Interlaken Process), with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, Natalie Reid and Peter Romaniuk (Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence, RI, 2001).