2007年8月27日星期一

DAY1: Made-in-China, where to go?


social influence: 3.5
controversy:2.5
key word: sacrifice
In the morning of 11, August, Zhang strode into one of his factories, greeting warmly to workers as usual, then inspected the product lines. He hovered for a while before driving his jeep away. In the last call he made, Zhang inquired about if the wages were assigned. One hour later, Zhang was found hang in the storage. Suicide. No message left. Though shocked, everyone was clear what had driven him down the cliff.

On 2, august, a recall of toys with lead contamination might electrify American. Over 750 thousand toys were on the list of Mattel Inc.’s action. Meanwhile, Mattel revealed the name, Leda, the manufacture of Zhang’s in China that made all the products. This extinguished Zhang’s last hope to revive his career as all the order forms would soon be withdrawn and his credit was broken. Even worse, government banned Leda’s exportation. It straightly sentenced Zhang to death. A losing of more 30 million dollars struck him, leaving his work impossible to maintain.

Some in the factory attributed the accident to the paint supplier’s ignorance, leaving out testing to rush before deadline. Up to now, several principles of paint plant are wanted. .

In Zhang’s funeral a few days later, many sub-ordinates and workers attended, some even wailing for Zhang’s departure. According to them, Zhang treated his workers well, never default salaries, and accommodated workers well. Even on the morning of his suicide, he still managed to collect 60 thousand dollars for salary. At the age sweatshops prevalent, his kindness and rarity received commends.

Actually, some experts entitled his death “sacrifice”, a signal of manufacture’s decline in Guangdong province, the major exporting section of China. Thousands of factories, millions of workmen were now put upon a volcano. It first erupted during March when toothpaste, pet food were admonished, then the recall this time made matter worse. And the inevitable next is coming violently- a series of measure China government take to impel enterprises to move upriver of industry line, from manufacture trade to core technology. But the vista is in uncertainty; those not able to climb out would sink. Forever.


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