OPINION: China's labor market: Valuable asset or economic albatross? - Katherine Ryder

Fortune, 18 Dec 2010FORTUNE -- Even as pundits sharply debate China's economic future, most agree that much of it is riding on the stability of its working population. And depending on who you talk to, the Chinese labor market is either Beijing's biggest asset or its ultimate albatross.The world watched this year as labor strikes erupted at factories around China, prompting private companies as