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30 Responses to “Chines toy factory”

1. si voodoo Says:
   
   

   This is very strange, it felt very creepy and alarming! Fantastic photographs!!

   Si Voodoo

2. eyetoldyaso Says:
   
   

   If you add up the wages of all the people in these photographs, you might be able to buy ONE of those plastic HUMMERS!Boycott Chinese crap! China is still a communist country right? So good to know that all the people who died fighting communism died for a good reason, only to be sold out for maximum profit by Sam Walton and his cronies.Viva la corporation!

3. SwampoO Says:
   
   

   tell me what the hell is wrong with communism?

4. mike Says:
   
   

   These people are dressed well, and look healthy. Communism isn’t bad at all, it’s just never been done correctly because of greedy dictators. (cough cough BUSH?) people die in war because of war, they rarely die for a noble cause because of greed. Remeber who tells you what, when talking about war. It’s the gov’t regulated and directed media, and of course our soldiers whom are TOLD who is bad. Men devoid of their rights whilst enlisted. SOmething about that doesn’t sound right does it. The people in the pictures are being fed, they are nicely clothed, and have semi decent working conditions.

5. Beckey Says:
   
   

   First I think these photos are fascinating and beautiful. Second, as I looked at these it lets me see the people behind something that so many in America have an opinion about, but don’t really know anything about. I may not approve of the Chinese “government” (dictatorship), but if everyone in the world boycotted these products, what would happen to all those people? The factories would close and they would lose thier income. Especially for the women who have no option of anything else. It’s not the workers fault that thier employers and thier government sucks.

6. torsoboy Says:
   
   

   ha! i’d like to see america boycott china. 90%+ of the toys we buy come from china. the only ones we make anymore are linclon logs, k’nex, and thomas the train.

7. nate Says:
   
   

   i like this site. . . . very cool ! ! !

8. LDJ Says:
   
   

   “Boycott chinese crap”? are you entirely ignorant of the fact that these toys get sold to all the little american boys and girls and are commissioned by companies that are NOT chinese, don’t be racist and ignorant, globalisation is to blame, not people trying to make a living, democracy is communism with blindfolds, look closely and scrutinize carefully before pointing the finger, ignorance is blind, as is everyone, don’t make it obvious, think before you write.

9. Kent Says:
   
   

   “only to be sold out for maximum profit by Sam Walton and his cronies”

   Wal Mart might suck today, but when Sam was alive, Wal Mart’s policy was to sell American made products whenever possible. You’re talking about a man who was born in early 1900’s, served in the military during WWII, earned his Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as an adult in the Boy Scouts of America, started an organization to help fight the spread of communism in South America, and was very pro-America and pro-community.

   Go back to the 80’s when he was running the show, and you’d see a much different company, in the time when the world was a much different place. Products were still made in America. The Internet didn’t exist. A lot of people didn’t even have home computers, and you wouldn’t be seeing photos. Everyone shopped at local stores, or would even drive to nearby towns to get what they wanted if it wasn’t in stock locally. He died a long time ago. Not much he can do about the way things are now. I think you could have picked a better person to rant on.

   The problem you’re overlooking though is that the problem isn’t American companies. The problem isn’t Chinese workers either, they’re just trying to make a living. The problem is Americans. They don’t care where their stuff is made, or who makes it. They care about price. They’ll take a cheap product made in China over an expensive product made in America every day of the week, without a second though, or an ounce of guilt. And the truth is, it’s way cheaper to make stuff in China than it is in America or companies wouldn’t be doing.

   It isn’t businesses selling out Americans, and it sure wasn’t Sam Walton, it’s Americans. Regular everyday Americans. Go to any random friend’s house and look around at their car, their clothes, their TV, CD players, computers, furniture, dishes, or any other random thing and see how many were actually MADE in America. Now ask them if they’ve lost sleep over it.

10. hgn Says:
    
    

    Beautiful pictures. Reminds me of the humanity in us all, maybe even in eyetoldyaso.

    Depending on circumstance, each “factory sis” makes around 700 to 1400 RMB a month, or something in the neighborhood of 100 to 200 USD. They probably work 8+ hours a day, 6 days a week. They probably live in company-provided dorms (2 to 8 to a room in bunk beds) and eat at company provided cafeterias. They probably send home the majority of their pay, to support their aging parents and less fortunate siblings in the far-less developed and prosperous country-side. It is a great opportunity for many of these women to work at a factory. Hey, it sure beats prostitution or crime. They travel far from home and face many troubles and dangers just to get these jobs, which probably pay orders of magnitudes more than what they can make back home.

    Globalization? It has two faces. On one hand, the West is exploiting China, forcing China to export wealth in the form of underpaid labor and environmental damage through the fiat petro-dollar. In return, China gets the opportunity to lift millions out of poverty.

11. sk Says:
    
    

    good one.

    One thing though, democracy cannot be called communism with blindfold. There is no such thing as freedom of expression in the communist world. “What’s happening in the US then, ” you might ask. Well, that is not democracy, is it? Who said it was? Look around you…

12. sk Says:
    
    

    The point is, one type of government cannot be defined in terms of the other.

13. mrsleep Says:
    
    

    I’ll bet these people make a better than average wage for china.

14. james Says:
    
    

    @ kent:
    it isnt necessarily the fault of the american consumer that goods are made in sweat shops- who can blame us for trying to get the best price? the consumers are usually unaware of where products were made and what kind of business ethics are held by the company that makes the crappy toys they buy. The problem is one of government regulation as well as the ethics of the company. The company knows where their toys are made- and if their only goal is to maximize profit and minimize the value the lives of their employees then I would definitely say that the company should be held responsible for their actions. To blame the american people for buying products that could potentially be made in sweatshops is just silly. Most of us assume that fair and safe business regulations are keeping products made by two-year-olds off the store shelves.

15. Stuart Says:
    
    

    While the people do look well cared for we must also remember that all these pictures would have been ‘approved’ by censors before they were allowed to be used.

16. dirtee.ernie Says:
    
    

    communism???? No No NOOOOOO…. That is a prime example of deindustrialization in the USA and JAPAN…We outsource jobs to China because it is cheaper to make those stupid little dolls. Why should they pay you 10 bucks an hour when they can pay them a buck an hour if thy are lucky (and not too many are)…

17. Susan Says:
    
    

    Very few of these people look happy

18. NouriNOURI Says:
    
    

    I am not sure how many of you have been to factory in China. The worst are the ones run by the government, what you see in the photos are normal factories, and Wall Mart will not buy from a factory that doesn’t have good human standards, they will actually need to be visited, inspected and approved before they will give the factory an order. Before Wall Mart, most factories in
    China treated the workers like crap. If you ask me, I think the factory owners are China’s worst enemy, they exploit the workers and pocket the profit. China and India have some of the newest and richest in the world, the money held by a few in those countries is something unimaginable.

19. alfred arnold Says:
    
    

    To all you people that knock China. You get what you pay for. and in the US that is what YOU get.
    Wars are fought for nothing but money. lives mean nothing if money is all there is.
    These people are now bigger than the US and they built it in 20 years on US dollars,20 years from now and the US will be paying in YAN and they will be the 2nd class nation not China.
    Wake up and smell the flowers,The US is fast on the way out as the Roman empire and the Greeks ect.And the US policy’s are to blame, Being we are first.

20. Neil hardieNNeil Hardie Says:
    
    

    Interesting comments if a little wide of the mark. This must be one of the better factories in China. Apart from anything else it is very unusual for foreigners to be allowed to take photos of this kind and the working conditions look acceptable at least by Chinese standards.

    Where I disagree is with nourinouri’s comments. The communist government run factories (SOEs) are generally better than private firms in China because labour laws are enforced more strictly, most workers get pensions, long serving workers are protected from dismissal etc.

    The worst offenders are nearly always private firms from Taiwan and Hong Kong run by the very capitalists America has been supporting for decades and kept going by massive corruption and a culture of deliberately fooling the auditors sent in by US buyers to cover up their activities.

21. nrory Says:
    
    

    oh, so THATS what elves really look like.

22. on Says:
    
    

    who knew santas elves were chinese

23. shadyness Says:
    
    

    swampoO… please, this is not communism… please wiki something before you say something you’re not to sure about.
    And communism isn’t that bad a system, if you look at the “rules” of communism it’s fair.

    someone got burned!

24. shadynshadynessess Says:
    
    

    Oh and btw I have to say that their chow looks tasty!

25. Larry Easley Says:
    
    

    Assembly line workers…..it’s not glamorous but it is honest work. These pictures remind me of pictures I have seen of a young America, where the immigrants are proud workers, even if it is at what could be considered “menial labor jobs”. Nothing wrong with working hard and being productive!

26. Mike Says:
    
    

    After having been to, and worked in China at an export company, I think there is a lot that those people are thankful for in working those jobs. When one compares the pay they receive for manufacturing toys with the pay they might receive on a rice farm, they make many times more than they would in a traditional lifestyle. Every single person whom I worked with was from a poor provincial region of western China, and each one of them was either saving their newly found wealth, or sending it home to their families.

    It is easy to be idealistic about wage equality, communism, and human rights violations in the past, but it misses the bigger picture. After Deng Xiaoping liberalized the economy in the late 70’s, money has been POURING into China. Ask any development economist, and they will tell you that the key to raising undeveloped and poor countries into the ranks of the rich world is foreign direct investment. We can complain about the Chinese made tonka trucks, fake rolexes, and plastic walmart goods all day long, but the money we spend on them is responsible for improving the standard of living of more than 1/6th of the earth’s population. I was skeptical at first, but after having lived and participated in it all, my mind has been changed forever. Looking at photographs of Shanghai, or Chongqing only 10 years ago can really detail the rate at which these people are moving up. I don’t think that is something we can complain about…

    With that said, China certainly has a long way to go. The government has failed on a couple of accounts, particularly with regard to environmental regulation, human rights law, and freedom of the press… It will be quite some time before they work those kinks out; the mentality is heavily ingrained in people’s minds. Communism prevents any real discontent from being voiced (Tienanmen), but few people have much to complain about. Their lives are getting better. It’s hard to call it communism now anyway, the economy is so heavily tied to a free market overseas. I guarantee you, however, that if you asked the majority of people there if they were better off now than 10 years ago, they would say yes.

    Moral of the story, be careful about judging these people’s situation from the idealistic mind of a rich westerner. Instead, put yourself in their shoes. I can’t wait to go back and be part of it all again. The progress they are making there is unbelievable.

    Cheers
    mike

27. Narj Says:
    
    

    Could be staged. Communism is immoral. Capitalism is the only moral system. Look it up.

28. Lee Says:
    
    

    Capitalism is modern slavery. Do you think you are free? If you lose your money, you lose your “freedom”. Only rich people are free. Too bad they use their money to make even more money.

    Capitalism is the only moral system? Yea, right.

29. eeee Says:
    
    

    I think I’m done regarding the ‘Bendy’s’ as cute. Their little wire bodies and magnetic extremities depicted in the photograph above make me sad, to the point of morose.

    Those folks should be able to do something positive with their lives. Can you get photographs of the dildo factory?

30. spamela Says:
    
    

    Lincoln logs are made in China. Roy Toy logs are made in the USA… Bummer, I know.

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