These people aren't political protesters or bored former students protesting their grad school grades (hi to the Academic Fraud lady on Brown Street!). Instead, they're managers from factories in Guangzhou advertising labor positions to keep their factories running. Apparently so many workers have not returned from Chinese New Year yet that factories are running behind capacity and white-collar managers are being asked to work on the factory floor. Most factories are now paying more than the minimum wage, which starts at $120 per month in China, to attract workers.China’s Industrial Heart Facing Acute Shortage of Factory Workers - NYTimes.com
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