Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Chapter 2: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHINESE ICT DEVELOPMENT IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA Chapter 3: THE COMPOSITION OF ICT WORKFORCES AND ITS INDICATIONS OF CHINA'S DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGY Chapter 4: PROCUREMENT, MANAGEMENT AND DISCIPLINE Chapter 5: PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS: BETWEEN LIVED EXPERIENCES AND PAST MEMORIES Chapter 6: WILL CHINESE ICT WORKERS UNITE?-NEW SIGNS OF CHANGE IN THE AFTERMANTH OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS Chapter 7: CONCLUSION Chapter 8 METHODOLOGICAL APPENDICES Chapter 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY