Wal-Mart

Another reason to like, or dislike Wal-Mart, depending on your views.

Wal-Mart hosts Communist Party

Wal-Mart plans a major expansion to tap into China’s fast-growing retail market

US retail giant Wal-Mart has set up a new branch of the Communist Party at its China headquarters after allowing unions to operate in its stores earlier this year.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, known for it’s anti-union stance in other countries, opened the new branch at its head office in the southern city of Shenzhen.

The move come as Chinese authorities look to expand the presence of the communist party and state-controlled labour groups in foreign companies operating in China

One local party official told the People’s Daily newspaper the branch opening was a “breakthrough” for the company.

Chinese law makes it compulsory for any company or institution with 25 or more staff to set up its own trade union if staff request one.

The first Wal-Mart trade union in China was set up in mid-2006 and a union office recently opened at the company’s HQ.

None of Wal-Mart’s stores in the US has a union.

Wal-Mart, which is the world’s largest retailer, opened its first Chinese store in 1996 and now employs more than 35,000 people in its China operations.

In March this year, it announced plans hire an additional 150,000 staff as part of a major expansion.

Wal-Mart has opened more than 60 stores in 34 cities across China and plans to open dozens more as it seeks to tap China’s fast-growing retail market.

Woah, it’s almost like they are trying to make money AND follow the laws of the land at the same time.

Incredible!

(That was supposed to be sarcasm.)

China’s Communist party is good for Capitalism as the Communist party functions as a dictatorship which is better for Capitalism than Democracy is for Capitalism.

Invest in China!

[quote]Marmadogg wrote:
China’s Communist party is good for Capitalism as the Communist party functions as a dictatorship which is better for Capitalism than Democracy is for Capitalism.

Invest in China![/quote]

i agree that democracy and capitalism cannot co-exist, which explains why the U.S. is not a truly democratic state