While down in HK a couple weeks back, I picked up Leslie Chang’s book Factory Girls. It was one of the books that I had been waiting to find an opportunity to read, and it was worth the wait. A book of interviews, observations, and person... ...full story at All Roads
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| 15 Oct 08 |
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Reading Book »
YouTube video In today's informaiton age, it's especially imporant to read some books.Here we will show you several large-scaled book markets around Zhongguancun District in Beijing.You could walk around them when there is an oppotunity.
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| 10 Oct 08 |
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China Annals: Factory Girls » China Beat Last weekend China Beat contributors—and longtime Beijing neighbors—Susan Jakes and Leslie T. Chang caught up to talk about Chang’s newly released book, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China. The book, which builds on stories Chang... |
| 01 Jun 08 |
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Chinese Factory Girls » China Law Blog The always worthwhile China Beat has a great post up by Leslie T. Chang. Ms. Chang is a former WSJ reporter who just wrote a book called Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, due out in October. This post both previews the book and... |
| 02 Oct 08 |
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Coming Distraction: Factory Girls » China Beat As faithful readers may recall, China Beat contributor Leslie T. Chang has a forthcoming book, Factory Girls: From Village to City in Changing China, which will be released October 7. The book has received positive reviews, such as this one at Publisher... |
| 02 Oct 08 |
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To die poor is a sin: Excerpt from Factory Girls » Danwei Former China Wall Street Journal correspondent Leslie T. Chang has written a book about migrant workers called Factory Girls. With a wonderfully light touch, Chang describes the social and economic factors behind the largest mass movement of people in... |
| 16 Jun 08 |
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Writing Factory Girls » China Beat By Leslie T. Chang I started writing my book on a March morning in 2006. About fifteen minutes into it, panic hit: I am no longer earning a salary just sitting here at my desk. By mid-morning, another realization had set in: I can’t go back to being... |