Abstract
Chinese scholarship on the labor movement presents something of a paradox. On the one hand, it is extremely abundant. Probably no topic in modern or contemporary history has generated more attention from scholars in the PRC (People's Republic of China). On the other hand, this vast output is notably lacking in originality and innovative insight. The explanation for this peculiar predicament is, of course, political. As a Marxist-Leninist party claiming to represent the industrial proletariat in a country and a revolution that were both overwhelmingly rural in composition, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has felt compelled to go to some lengths to construct a proper pedigree. The result has been an outpouring of politically inspired scholarship intended to establish the heroic role of the urban working class—under CCP leadership, to be sure—in spearheading a communist revolution and consolidating a socialist regime. Until recently, labor history was thus completely subsumed within the confining category of party history.
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