China Blue
Sonny Phan
5/7/12
Politics of China
Second Paper In the film “China Blue”, a seventeen year old girl, Jasmine Li, works in a Chinese jeans factory. From this documentary we learn about the pay Jasmine was receiving for her hard work, half a Yuan an hour which is equal to about six US cents. We also learn about the condition of the factory and dorms, the rules that the workers have to abide to, and how important these factories are. From just these sweat shops we learn about the economic, social, and political problems that has arisen in China. It also shows us inequality and inequity of the society in China. Sweat shops has been a known epidemic in China for a while now, with public revealing of sweat shops making products for popular companies, such as Apple and Nike. In “China Blue” it focuses on a sweat shop producing jeans for a company based in Turkey, called Vigaze Jeans. With the rapid growth of China’s population, there are not a lot of high quality opportunities so most people have no choice but to settle with the sweat shops. Working at the this particular sweat shop, workers are not allow to have breaks and are allowed to only have two bathroom breaks the whole day. The food that is served to the workers is deducted out of their paycheck, so are earning less than their already significantly low pay. Not only do the food deduct from their pay, the factory also hand out fines if workers disobey the rules that are put out. For example, in the documentary Jasmine goes into town with other fellow workers after they were done with work, however that is not allowed so they received a significant fine. One would ask why there is not a standard on the working condition and how the workers are treated. In the documentary it showed officials coming to the factories to check on the conditions, however it is basically useless because the workers at the factories are trained to lie to officials. Not only were there officials coming in to check on the
5/7/12
Politics of China
Second Paper In the film “China Blue”, a seventeen year old girl, Jasmine Li, works in a Chinese jeans factory. From this documentary we learn about the pay Jasmine was receiving for her hard work, half a Yuan an hour which is equal to about six US cents. We also learn about the condition of the factory and dorms, the rules that the workers have to abide to, and how important these factories are. From just these sweat shops we learn about the economic, social, and political problems that has arisen in China. It also shows us inequality and inequity of the society in China. Sweat shops has been a known epidemic in China for a while now, with public revealing of sweat shops making products for popular companies, such as Apple and Nike. In “China Blue” it focuses on a sweat shop producing jeans for a company based in Turkey, called Vigaze Jeans. With the rapid growth of China’s population, there are not a lot of high quality opportunities so most people have no choice but to settle with the sweat shops. Working at the this particular sweat shop, workers are not allow to have breaks and are allowed to only have two bathroom breaks the whole day. The food that is served to the workers is deducted out of their paycheck, so are earning less than their already significantly low pay. Not only do the food deduct from their pay, the factory also hand out fines if workers disobey the rules that are put out. For example, in the documentary Jasmine goes into town with other fellow workers after they were done with work, however that is not allowed so they received a significant fine. One would ask why there is not a standard on the working condition and how the workers are treated. In the documentary it showed officials coming to the factories to check on the conditions, however it is basically useless because the workers at the factories are trained to lie to officials. Not only were there officials coming in to check on the