Walmart in China / edited by Anita Chan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: When the world's largest company encounters the world's biggest country / Anita Chan -- I: The Walmart supply chain -- Walmart's long march to China : how a mid-American retailer came to stake its future on the Chinese economy / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Outsourcing in China : Walmart and Chinese manufacturers / Xue Hong -- Walmartization, corporate social responsibility, and the labor standards of toy factories in South China / Yu Xiaomin and Pun Ngai -- Made in China : work and wages in Walmart supplier factories / Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu -- 2. The Walmart stores -- Corporate cadres : management and corporate culture at Walmart China / David J. Davies -- A store manager's success story / David J. Davies and Taylor Seeman -- Practicing cheer : the diary of a low-level supervisor at a Walmart China store / Scott E. Myers and Anita Chan ; translation by Scott E. Myers -- Working in Walmart, Kunming : technology, outsourcing, and retail globalization / Eileen M. Otis -- 3. Walmart trade unions -- Unionizing Chinese Walmart stores / Anita Chan -- Did unionization make a difference? : work conditions and trade union activities at Chinese Walmart stores / Jonathan Unger, Diana Beaumont, and Anita Chan -- Workers and communities versus Walmart : a comparison of organized resistance in the United States and China / Katie Quan.

What happens when the world's biggest retailer and the world's biggest country do business with each other? A group of experts from several disciplines examine the symbiotic but strained relationship between Walmart and China.