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...years in Shenzhen has been an education for Zhang Jin, the concubine, a Mandarin speaker from Qingdao on China's east coast. She learned Cantonese from her Hong Kong motor executive "husband" as well as some Japanese, Korean and English from other clients. The languages will come in handy, she says, when she opens her border beauty parlor. She is giving herself 10 years to save enough money from her other talent: picking up paying men. But competition is rough. The Moonlight's chain-smoking madame, Zhou Min, says she has 200 girls on her books. And by midnight...
...Americans often act out in protest: we pile up the shoes of gunshot victims, bemoan drunk drivers, mad bombers and pornography. Why not bring to justice the monstrous, lying hypocrites who have, in the name of egregious profit and bloated salaries, poisoned the lives of millions? RICHARD GRAHAM Qingdao, China...
Three U.S. naval ships last week pulled into the northern Chinese port of Qingdao as a 21-gun salute fired and a 27-piece brass band played Happy Days Are Here Again. The vessels were in China for a six-day stopover, the first such visit by American military ships to the People's Republic since the Communist takeover in 1949. The port call had been delayed by more than a year, following Peking's unexpected statement that no nuclear-armed vessels would be permitted to dock. But the Chinese apparently had second thoughts after reports began to circulate last...
...employment system, which the Chinese call the "iron rice bowl," workers can shirk their duties without fear of dismissal or reductions in pay. Their jobs are assigned, often regardless of ability or skill; indeed, most aspects of their careers are controlled by their bosses. "Because of these practices," says Qingdao Mayor Guo Songnian, "workers are slouchy and enterprises are sluggish. The job-contract system aims gradually but substantially to solve this problem...
Managers in Qingdao, which began offering labor contracts on an experimental basis in 1983, say the new system has boosted employee morale as well as factory performance. Li Xuling agrees. While her friends in permanent jobs earn an average of $27 a month, she took home nearly $60 in July. Asked if others were envious, Li replied, "No. But if they do get jealous, I'll tell them, 'Hey, this is socialism. If you want to earn more, work more...