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  1. 6th July 2011, 14:52 #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by schmenke
    $12.00 per day is a very good salary in China, especially for a labourer. This fellow gets food and lodging to boot.
    Indeed. $12 in China buys you a whole lot more than $100 in the USA does.
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    Quote Originally Posted by schmenke
    $12.00 per day is a very good salary in China, especially for a labourer. This fellow gets food and lodging to boot.

    I've worked a couple of construction jobs in China, and I've never seen anyone work 7:00am to 11:00pm. In fact, many labourers would get at least one day off every couple of weeks. Not unlike the shift work we experience on similar jobs on this side of the pond.
    A day off every couple of weeks, and you call that similar to what happens in the US where you get 2 days off every week?
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    The Chinese do work harder than us in North America, but only because they want the money and they are paid less. That all said, I suspect as time moves on, that will cease too.
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