http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/working-women Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:13:32 -0400 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:13:32 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1219/empowering-women-in-the-chinese-capitalist-factory-system By Sara Akl - Over the past thirty years, China has moved from a communist to a capitalist economy. This change has pushed millions of young, rural women to migrate to the cities in order to begin working in its many booming factories. These women, if they manage to avoid falling prey to false advertising and trafficking scams, enter the competitive capitalist system at the absolute lowest level. They find employment in foreign-invested companies, usually producing toys, clothing, footwear, and electronics.1 Their service positions in an unregulated labor market subordinate them, and factory women are constantly... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1219/empowering-women-in-the-chinese-capitalist-factory-system