Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message

Now, even in the PRC, $100 a year isn't a munificent sum but they have
their bed and board, probably health care too, so the cash earned is
walking around money.


Good point. They probably just order from room service when hungry too.


As far as teenagers working long hours, hasn't been all that long since
the same thing was also common in the US (still is here and there) and
it won't be too long before it is uncommon in the PRC.


One would hope so.


Ed, out of the blue statements don't really mean
much without some background. I remember a
background lecture about India, in which the
speaker who had lived in India for many years,
told about the left hand (or was it the right)
thing. Asked why they didn't use TP, he simply
stated that the cost of TP would be greater than
the average family income.

As for the girls working 12hours, the alternative
is probably working 14 hours a day on a farm,
without health care, without pay, and without
hope. $100 a year might be the difference between
servitude (or slavery) and some independence.