From there we headed to our largest factory in China. We have been to 2 other factories that 
have roughly 20,000 employees, but we were just a very small portion of their business. This factory also has around 20,000 employees but we make up a decent size of their volume. This was an unbelievable factory...rated by the Chinese government as one of the top 100 factories (all industries) in the country. They have 5.4 million square feet of manufacturing space and 1.4 million square feet of dormitories. By far the nicest dorms I have seen at all the factories. For their workers, they have basketball courts, soccer fields, a bank, a grocery store, a library, and a post office. On site they also have a fire department. For their management, they had a Starbucks-style coffee shop and a very very nice restaurant. The dorms are pictured above.
have roughly 20,000 employees, but we were just a very small portion of their business. This factory also has around 20,000 employees but we make up a decent size of their volume. This was an unbelievable factory...rated by the Chinese government as one of the top 100 factories (all industries) in the country. They have 5.4 million square feet of manufacturing space and 1.4 million square feet of dormitories. By far the nicest dorms I have seen at all the factories. For their workers, they have basketball courts, soccer fields, a bank, a grocery store, a library, and a post office. On site they also have a fire department. For their management, they had a Starbucks-style coffee shop and a very very nice restaurant. The dorms are pictured above.A few parting comments on China. They smoke cigarettes everywhere...inside, outside, anywhere. Hong Kong just adopted similar laws to the US that basically ban it anywhere indoors but in China, they smoke everywhere. The Chinese people were very friendly and helpful. I 
learned quickly, the best way to get one of them to laugh or smile was to try to say something in Chinese...it always surprised them to hear a white person attempt to speak their language. One thing I forgot to mention on the National Day of Mourning...every tv station in my hotel last night (probably 30-40 channels) were all in Chinese and were showing the same program, which was coverage of the earthquake. All the foreign channels had a message about being blocked due to the mourning. I even heard from someone else today say that all bars in China have also been closed for mourning. The picture to the left is a government building in He Shan...notice the flag still at half mast.
learned quickly, the best way to get one of them to laugh or smile was to try to say something in Chinese...it always surprised them to hear a white person attempt to speak their language. One thing I forgot to mention on the National Day of Mourning...every tv station in my hotel last night (probably 30-40 channels) were all in Chinese and were showing the same program, which was coverage of the earthquake. All the foreign channels had a message about being blocked due to the mourning. I even heard from someone else today say that all bars in China have also been closed for mourning. The picture to the left is a government building in He Shan...notice the flag still at half mast.We came back to Hong Kong on a ferry that took about 3 hours traveling down the West River.
Tomorrow I catch a flight back to KC and back to reality!
3 comments:
Thanks for the blog. mom and I were chatting lastnight and both commented that each new day we would log on to see the next post. Great job keeping that up to date.
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Great idea to blog - that way we could all share in the awesome experience. Beware: Realty just around the corner......RRM
When you think about it.....are chcken feet any more repulsive than chicken wings.... chicken livers.....etc?
Will be good to have you home. You have been missed.
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