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“Workers were required to stay six months, and even then permission to quit was not always granted. The factory held the first two months of every worker's pay; leaving without approval meant losing that money and starting over somewhere else. That was a fact of factory life you couldn't know from the outside: Getting into a factory was easy. The hard part was getting out.” LifeWomenCapitalismLaborChinaChineseGirlsGlobalizationCityMigrantsRuralFactoryMigrantManufactureChuqu Author:Leslie T. Chang
“The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.” Has BeensPastHopefullyOddsRemindingAgainst All Odds Book:Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China Source: Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China
“A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.” PersonsSufferingGrowsUnderstandingGrowing UpShallow Book:Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China Source: Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China
“Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something.” MeanPersonsDoeInspirationMotivationPieces Author:Leslie T. Chang
“Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills, and to see the world.” WorldHomeInspirationDesireMotivationOrderSkillsWorkersChineseFactoriesIpodsInsatiableNew Skills Author:Leslie T. Chang
