打工妹 Working Sisters

"In junior high school we read quite a bit about Marx­ist theory. When the teachers explained the contradic­tion between productive forces and relations of produc­tion in capitalist society they also mentioned the inhu­man exploitation of workers. At the time we did not understand. But since I came to Shenzhen for work I have started to figure out how capitalists oppress and exploit workers."

(Female migrant worker in Shenzhen, Pun/Li 2006)