Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China

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Of course, after a few years most young ladies returned home. If they were already married they returned to their families; if not, they soon found husbands. I got the impression that the very young people left to "go out", or rather, left their villages to work.

Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China by Leslie T Chang

Married, with children, or not, the money was the goal. I assume from the book the harsh conditions in factory work were usually only endured by the very young. Overall, the book was informative, interesting, and worth purchasing. One person found this helpful. A very interesting story.

Well researched with lots of in depth interviews. The factory girls are portrayed in a very human way, unlike most books which do not detail the real lives of factory workers.

The girls have a hard life, but they still gain intangible things from leaving home, they learn life skills. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. This was a fantastic book; I'm not sure what the previous reader didn't like about it. Leslie Chang a Chinese-American journalist is a wonderful writer and there are parallel stories throughout the book which help to keep it interesting and also allow the reader multiple vantage points on how Chinese society has changed over the last fifty years.

Chang herself shares a extraordinary family history, as throughout the text she is also on a personal quest to learn about her family counterparts in China since the time her own branch emigrated to America. I had little previous experience with China as a nation, and I felt that this book was my first contact with its modern culture. It is encouraging and foments even greater curiosity toward China and its inner-workings.

Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Products made in Chinese factories from kitchen appliances to clothing to runners have become integral in our lives. This book considers migration of Chinese rural people from a unique perspective by providing insight about the lives, goals and dreams of individual migrants including some of the women who make these products.

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Threaded through these stories is the contextual background of a changing political and cultural environment that lead to and now underpins migration in China. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Had to buy for a class. Gave me a view in a wholly different world. A real insight into the daily struggles and mindset of the factory girl. If you like me wondered what is really going on at ground level in China, this is for you. Seems to me life in Guandongg has elements of the Wild West, with fortunes made and lost. It is utterly fascinating how LTC tracks a few individuals through a precarious life journey.

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Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Chang powerfully conveys the individual reality behind China's million migrant workers, the largest migration in human history. Chang deftly weaves her own family's story of migrations within China, and finally to the West, into her fascinating portrait. Chang's fine prose and her keen sense of detail more than compensate for the occasional digression, and her book is an intimate portrait of a strangeand hidden landscape.

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They are, more than anything else, the face of modern China: The painstaking work Chang put into befriending these girls and drawing out their stories is evident, as is the genuine affection she has for them and their spirit. Chang explores this boom that's simultaneously emptying China's villages of young people and fueling its economic growth.

To be sure, this mass migration is a big and well-told story. But Chang brings to it a personal touch: She also succeeds in grounding the trend in wider social context, suggesting that the aspirations of these factory girls signal a growing individualism in China's socialist culture.

Chang is less interested in expose than in getting to know the young women of Dongguan's assembly lines.

Chang, a former Beijing correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal," does more than describeharsh factory conditions. She writes about the way the workers themselves see migration, bringing us views that are rarely heard.

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