Hm~ Drinks from all over the world? World's YummiEST Drinks? Who knows really. China is full of these little gems. Stay tuned for more as I discover them!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Signs Gone Wild: World's Yummy Drinks
Hm~ Drinks from all over the world? World's YummiEST Drinks? Who knows really. China is full of these little gems. Stay tuned for more as I discover them!
Friday, April 15, 2011
A Stereotype Long Lived
China is well known to all of us for many things, such as their long history, influence in scientific discoveries and their ability to copy virtually anything. What one of the most well known facts about China is that it has been the world's biggest source of cheap labor for many decades. Most of the world's biggest multinational corporations have factories here in the land of the Yellow Dragon making use of workers who can assemble and construct products very fast at a fairly small price. Sounds like a sweet deal right? For the multinationals at least it does. Maybe even for some of those workers who are able to live off of this small pay, but that would probably apply mostly to several years in the past. Times have changed now as more and more Chinese are getting well-rounded educations by exploring the western world or coming into contact with western culture in general.
One of these people is my own future spouse, an intelligent young woman who has done her fair share of hard studying, sportsmanship and part-time work as a student. Her English is at a very advanced level and has a deep understanding of western way of life and culture. Studying and living in England alone was definitely a big eye-opener for her. With all of this in mind, her hopes and dreams are that much greater than most of her fellow countrymen. Working for a foreign-owned company, though, has proven that despite her background she is still viewed merely as cheap labor. I am almost 100% certain that there are others riding a similar boat and I find that this stereotype should be broken. I am biased as I do not know the circumstances under which foreign owned companies treat their Chinese workers, but I feel that it is not fair nor respectful to assume that a certain person is almost trash because of his or her heritage and origin. More or less so when the company is run in the country in question.
More after the jump
One of these people is my own future spouse, an intelligent young woman who has done her fair share of hard studying, sportsmanship and part-time work as a student. Her English is at a very advanced level and has a deep understanding of western way of life and culture. Studying and living in England alone was definitely a big eye-opener for her. With all of this in mind, her hopes and dreams are that much greater than most of her fellow countrymen. Working for a foreign-owned company, though, has proven that despite her background she is still viewed merely as cheap labor. I am almost 100% certain that there are others riding a similar boat and I find that this stereotype should be broken. I am biased as I do not know the circumstances under which foreign owned companies treat their Chinese workers, but I feel that it is not fair nor respectful to assume that a certain person is almost trash because of his or her heritage and origin. More or less so when the company is run in the country in question.
More after the jump
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