“Workers were required to stay six months, and even then permission to quit was not always granted. The factory held the first two months of every worker's pay; leaving without approval meant losing that money and starting over somewhere else.… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
“If I only go to school, come out and do migrant work for a few years, then go home, marry and have children," Min… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right. — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
“Workers were required to stay six months, and even then permission to quit was not always granted. The factory held the first two months… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
“The binders hinted at the reasons past relationships had gone sour. SEEKING A 28- TO 34-YEAR-OLD WITH AN OPEN PERSONALITY WHO DOESN'T GAMBLE. SEEKING… — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something. — Leslie T. Chang Copy Share Image
