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By: Shezhen, zona industrial peligrosa para el turista

Shezhen, zona industrial peligrosa para el turista — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:05:01 +0000

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By: david

david — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:01:28 +0000

You’re dead on, FOARP (nice blog, by the way). Some of the blogs were a bit over the top in their fear of China’s immanent social collapse. I’m getting so many–”see China is doomed” emails now that I realize people are taking this out of context. I’ve got to update this.

The stories I related are, of course, all true,despite some questioning on Peiking Duck, but I think that people assume they all happened in Dongguan this last month, which is not true. The killing was indeed this last week, but all the other incidents were random events in scores of cities across Thailand, Taiwan and China over the last 10 years.

People need to be very cautious because it is dangerous. But they also need to relax. China isn’t blowing up. Yet.

By: FOARP

FOARP — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:23:55 +0000

Already got into this on Pekingduck.org so I guess I should say this over here as well. I lived in the area you talk about at the head of this post, and remember it being much as you describe – gang fights, killings, muggings etc. – the roughest part of China. But still, compared to a lot of places in, say, London (where I have even seen someone attacked with Samurai swords in a fashion not dissimilar to the once described above), not amazingly rough. I definitely never got into trouble on the streets at night – could be the area I was in, but that was the way it was. Shenzhen gets a lot of bad press, especially from HKers who like to talk the place down – a lot of what they say about the place, though, hasn’t really been true since the 90′s, maybe earlier.

After seeing the post on Peking duck I chatted to someone I knew in Longhua, they say that crime is not up by any great extent in that area. They certainly did not describe the virtually apocalyptic description found above. Now, everyone sees things their own way, but they didn’t agree with the way it’s described here. Yes a lot of the factories are closing down, yes this is bound to lead to an increase in crime – but let’s not go over the top.

The QC advice is spot-on by the way.

By: The Chief

The Chief — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:25:10 +0000

Thanks for the link !
Scary story you are reporting here..
On your QC checklist – I would also add to confirm with the factory in written, prior to the inspection, everything that should be availble upon arrival of the inspector (products quantity to be packed, machines to be made available, etc), so if they say “sorry, we are not ready” when the inspector arrives, they have to bear the consequences – I have seen too many factories trying to skip the QC by simply messing up with the inspection dates…

By: Desperate in Dongguang » The Peking Duck

Desperate in Dongguang » The Peking Duck — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:46:11 +0000

[...] anymore. If this post is to be believed, and I have no reason to think otherwise (except perhaps that I want to not believe it), Dongguang [...]

By: Stinky

Stinky — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:21:17 +0000

That’s some really scary shit you wrote. So much for the harmonious society, I guess. Thanks for the warning. I’ll wear running shoes from now on.

By: Global Voices Online » China: Industrial Towns in Southern China

Global Voices Online » China: Industrial Towns in Southern China — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:22:06 +0000

[...] from Silk Road International depicts the threatening situation in industrial areas outside of Shenzhen due to unemployment. Cancel this [...]