Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: Which passage in the chapter describes the conundrum...
Which passage in the chapter describes the conundrum China faces (to develop as a capitalist nation under a communist government). How does the process of China's development compare to the other BRIC nations? Or to the US, Japan?
"Moving up came easily to Chunming. In 1995, she jumped to a facotry in a remote part of Dongguan that made water pistols and BB guns. She finally learned to speak Cantonese. Within a year, her monthly salary increased rom three hundred yuan to six hundred and fifty, then eight hundred, then one thousand yuan. She discovered taht the department heads above her made more money though she did the same work. [/i]If you don't increase my salary to 1,500 yuan a month, [i]she wrote her boss, [/i]I refuse to do this anymore. [i]She got what she wanted; no one in the factory had ever received a five-hundred-yuan raise before." (page. 5
This particular passage strucked me and somewhat satisfied me because it showed what women, and poor women can do in China. Also, through this particular passage, we can all see how the goal of destructing class structures has failed during Mao's period and now has distinct class structures and clear levels and "pyramids" in the factories and basically, in the society. Having such a pyramid is a norm in most of the country and it seems like, after Mao, it is normal in China as well even though the country itself is on Communist government. Into the 21st century, capitalism under the Communist government, China has been developing and improving as a strong nation.
Similar modernization and industrilization has occurred in India. India became a republic in 1950 after gaining an independence from Great Britain. With a new constitution it established a democratic state. As it was in China, India had gone through several challenges involving religion, violence, casteism, ethnicity, and terrorism. During these challenges, India adopted and followed socialist inspired policie, from 1950s and 1990s, and began is gradual decline in terms of economics and politics. However, in 1991, beginning its significant economic reforms and it transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Just like China, India still is a fast developing nation to look forward to. [/i]
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject:
This reminded me a lot of what I talked about today. These factory workers are "separated" from their families and when it's time to go home it's sheer chaos. The chaos ties in with how long they are separated, since they are only given one time to do so. Being alone, the factory workers feel exhausted and worn out everyday, not having anyone familiar around to give support and guidance. Additionally, before anyone can become friends they are shipped off to other factories and lose contact with those they knew for a long time (sometimes forever).
In the United States, factories have much better conditions (apart from potential hazards) as opposed to China, where it feels like prison almost. In terms of the amount exported and what is exported, China would require more work force than the United States, due to the differing goods. This in turn, has brought more revenue for China than the United States (although they are close).
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