Factory Girls: from village to city in a changing China

Originally published onRue89, 05/21/2009.


“Factory Girls…” the book of an American journalist of Chinese origin, Leslie Chang,  who has been translated, is a survey of factory work, the professional and personal development of several young women that the author has followed in the extraordinary economic dynamism of the city of Dongguan, in southern China.

Dongguan 1.5 million or 6.5 million people?
Located in southern China, between Guangzhou and Shenzhen (one of the first special economic … Lire la suite