Total Page : 432
Publisher : Spiegel Grau
Publication Date : 2008 10 07
>> Interesting informative couldn t put it down
Leslie Chang by writing about the changes in ordinary peoples lives wrought by the economic upheaval in China has made their experiences vivid and meaningful The book helps us better understand the Chinese people
>> Brilliant Portrayal of Factory Girls in Dongguan
This book is excellent Other reviewers have done an excellent job of summarizing this book and I concur with the positive reviews already posted
For me personally this book was especially fascinating because it satisfied many of the questions I have had about factory life in Dongguan I have visited Dongguan twice and have been to nearly all the major landmarks South China Mall the now completed IMAX theater and Teletubbies playland the history museum the public Library Songshan Lake etc which the author mentions in her book I find her descriptions reflect the impressions that I had of these places and the people who inhabit them Though I have a close friend who is a government official in Department of Commerce in Dongguan I have no friends who are factory workers Thus I have been endlessly curious about who these factory workers are and what their lives are like
Thank you Leslie Chang for providing us with a window into that world I am eagerly awaiting your next book
>> Factory Girls
A very good book for an insight to the Migrant exodus of 16 17 year old girls from the 1990 s on in China from their villages to the cities and factories Also an interesting parallel of the author s family and these girls I enjoyed it
