Living in a single room with five other people will make a Chinese man or woman as stressed as it makes an American. Its the same thing. They have the same dreams, the same kinds of problems. They have much less in the way of a safety net there than here. But we are moving in that direction pretty quickly. A "Race to the bottom" won't make the US more competitive, it will just hasten the process of concentration of wealth and social stratification.
Originally Posted by
mynameuk
i bought that exact same light here in china where is sells for less than $1 (US) and i love it. works just fine. i've had more expensive chinese lights that have fallen apart in minutes so you can't always win.
as for the wages. about $200-300 per month plus food and dormitory usually. its not as low as you might think.
Lots of American cities have their "dormitories". The last urban apartment building I lived in (an apartment building where the units were one by one being converted into "long term hotel" style high rent rentals) had at least six people living in the $1400/month studio above me, and two people living in the *garage* space below. Thats when I said, this is just too much, I need to get out of here.
If gas prices go up, that kind of thing will become the rule rather than the exception.