about a month ago we were discussing the issue of overseas manufacturing, sweatshops, etc...i mentioned my trip to china & one of the factorys & how this economy was helping the poor there... here is an article that tells more about this story...
an excerpt: "These inland rural areas lag behind the coastal regions, and so the income gaps are growing. But lives are unmistakably getting better almost everywhere. (The only exception I saw was Henan Province, where AIDS is impoverishing villages.) Partly gains come because peasants in villages like Gaoshan go south to work in those sweatshops denounced by American students but treasured by Chinese workers." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/03/opinion/03KRIS.html?ex=1039954904&ei=1&en= 7172f87126a4a5c9 ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
