Editorial – Precarity, Platforms, and Agency: The Multiplication of Chinese Labour

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23 avril 2021

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Chris King-chi Chan et al., « Editorial – Precarity, Platforms, and Agency: The Multiplication of Chinese Labour », China Perspectives, ID : 10.4000/chinaperspectives.11268


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