The recent cases of U.S.fast-food giants McDonald’s and KFC，accused of underpaying and exploiting part-time workers in their Chinese branches,have put labor relations under the spotlight. With deepening market-oriented economic reforms and an increasingly fast-paced integration withthe global economy, the working environment in China is undergoing pro-found changes. In an exclusive interview with Beijing Review, ProfessorLin Yanling at the China Institute of Industrial Relations discusses thecurrent landscape of China"s labor relations, laws governing employee fightsand the changing awareness of Chinese workers.