Building the Olympics At All Cost.

By Alex in Sports on Sep 18, 2006 at 4:30 pm

From the website:

Toiling through stifling summer heat in flimsy plimsolls, ragged clothes and hard hats, Beijing’s construction workers struggle round the clock to build a city worthy of the 2008 Olympic Games.

But as if dangerous working conditions and some of the lowest wages in the world were not enough to contend with, the legions of migrant labourers are now being asked to sacrifice their lives.

Among the many slogans hung around the huge Olympic Village to spur on the 2,000-plus workforce is a banner proclaiming: "The quality of work is more important than life". The blue and white sign was hidden from public view during a recent visit by foreign journalists.

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  1. The Liberal Avenger
    Sep 18th, 2006 at 4:48 pm

    Please allow me to recommend director “Danwei” on YouTube: A Western film company in China that does an occasional series “Hard Hat Chronicles” that explores the life of the Chinese migrant construction worker in the 21st Century.

    Also of interest is their silly series “Sexy Beijing” where a pretty Jewish-American woman asks Chinese on the steet questions about their love lives, etc. Quite funny and well done.

    http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Danwei

  2. w.y.
    Sep 18th, 2006 at 10:12 pm

    It’s routine that the welfares of migrant workers in China are poorly guarantteed.

  3. Alex
    Sep 20th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    Thanks Liberal Avenger! It’s sad to see the human price of economic progress in China.


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