China's economic system

Lemlin

I'm basically tring to find differences between the Irish economic system and that of China. From what I see, both are pretty similar, having a tripartite system between employers, employees and the government. The one big difference though is that in China the government control the unions.

Quite different really. Size, Composition, Openess, Global Influence, Resources, Role of Politics, Exchange Rate Regime etc.

casanova_kid

i think there's a few other big differences.

seamus

I think you'll find that China doesn't need to import people to fill the jobs that the Chinese won't do. There are also 2,500 Chinese people to every Irish person...

pork99

And of course in this country we get periodic opportunities to sack the governing parties and replace them with an alternative. Even ask for that in the PRC and they will drive a tank over you or imprison you and use you as slave labour and so forth.

Lemlin

But the system basically seems to be the same. Wages and conditions are agreed at tripartite negotiations.

seamus

Lemlin wrote:

Wages and conditions are agreed at tripartite negotiations.

Only in the public sector really. The majority of wages are agreed between employer and employee directly. Minimum conditions are imposed by the Government, not agreed upon.

Lemlin

seamus wrote:

Only in the public sector really. The majority of wages are agreed between employer and employee directly. Minimum conditions are imposed by the Government, not agreed upon.

Has anyone got any good sources about the Chinese economic system I could read?

seamus

I was referring to the Irish setup, just to avoid any confusion...