RUDOLF TRAUB-MERZ| WAGE STRIKES AND TRADE UNIONS IN CHINA Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Wage Strikes: A New Development.................................................... 2 3. Trade Unions in China: Transmission Belts, Mediators or Interest Representatives?.................... 4 4. From Strikes to Wage Negotiations: Is ACFTU Being Transformed into a Trade Union?............................ 6 5. Macroeconomics and New Social Policy.................................... 9 6. Trade Unions and Wages – Trends and Development........................ 10 References........................................................... 12 1