Doublereed Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2003/07

From: Rhondda May <rmay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Music on the 4th--patriotic instruments?
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:35:14 -0400

I'm sorry, this is NOT TRUE.

I am personally acquainted with several plastics factory owners, private
individuals (in this case from Hong Kong, but also there are lots of
Taiwanese owning/running factories in China).

There are something along the lines of THREE THOUSAND factories in
Guangdong province, supplying everything you can imagine all over the
world. In fact I read a factoid yesterday, that if Walmart were a
country, it would be the PRC's 8th largest trading partner.

The factories employ mostly migrant workers from the hinterlands who
come and work for a few years and then go back. The conditions are not
great, in fact they are often quite bad.

I am no fan of the government of the PRC, but please, blanket untruths
like yours do not help.

My apologies, List, because this is off-topic.
Best,
Rhondda May
Hong Kong
permanent resident since 1991