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According to Leslie T, Chang the author of the book, factory girls the so called “Floating population” are the workers from the villagers who have no skills in any work and have come to the city where they are discriminated upon by their employers. The reason for such mass movement by many young people from the rural areas to the urban town is jobs. The villages around Dongguan do not offer any meaningful employment for the young men. Another reason for the migration is poverty thus many tend to move in to Dongguan in order to get some money and improve both their lives and the lives of their close relatives. There are also some people who have moved in to urban centers as a result of seeing other people succeed in the towns thus making the move to also try their luck.

According to the book Don Guan’s main characteristics is that the city is polluted, chaotic, and above all corrupt. It is a place where any new person arriving from the villages can double or even triple their income by simply learning English and taking some computer lessons. The city is also a major black spot for fake documents from fake Identification cards, and even driving license.

The life of the factory girls can be referred to as difficult they have to do whatever it is they can within their power to ensure that they are able to survive in the city, even if it means lying. The factory girls just like many other migrants who move to town enjoy some time out partying in clubs thus in some aspect it can be said that their life is fun. They also live in fear as many are not sure of the jobs they do, as one can be sacked at any time and forced to look for a job elsewhere.

The life of the factory girls is not any different from the lives of any migration workers any where in the world. The only difference between the older generation migrants and the new generation is that the old moved to towns mostly after being invited by another person to fill a job vacancy. The new generation of migrants moves to towns without even knowing where to stay or start from. In that aspect many suffer inn the process of trying to adopt in the bid cities.

The Yue Yuen factory which makes shoes for the Adidas and Nike shoes and with over 70,000 workers is not a nice place to work in, workers work for long hours discrimination is rife and the workers interests is not looked in to. Being a factory that is making shoes for some of the leading shoe makers in the world whatever goes in the factory is as a result of pressure from politicians for the factory to produce more with the least expenses thus generating money to some individuals in the political arena.

China has an education system but has been put in place by the government but there is still some difference in the way the commercial schools conduct their teaching, the schools incorporates other extra subjects such as computers so as to prepare their students for the future. Their approach is also different as they put more emphasis on religious education as a way of molding the students.