Will China really take over?
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- Hombre_Lobo0
Interesting stuff e-pill. Unfortunate, but interesting. Scary times :(
- bumdrizzle0
this thread is now about e-pill.
- clearThoughts0
Yeah, thanks for telling the whole story e-pill.
Something similar happened to me.
I think somebody should start a website to put all this companies on public shame...
what I find most surprising is that they think it is OK.But be aware that this is something that will be happen MORE and MORE in the next couple of years...
Ultimately what they want is to build up the creative industries and leave the West out.
No offence to Chinese people in general, I know you cannot generalize when you talk about a whole nation.But there seems to be a lot of cut-throat business people out there ready to fuck all the independent creatives in the west.
- i have a very strong relationship w/ that company, even though the nyc office was closed.e-pill
- i still freelance for them from time to time.e-pill
- it wasnt shameful in my eyes.e-pill
- come on cleaththoughts, advertising in general is about taking advantage of your own companies staff.ephix
- i can't think of many industries where staff are expected to work after hours including weekends for free, on a regular basis.ephix
- basis.ephix
- financeJSK
- at this company we never had to work extra hours, or use our own time for anything..e-pill
- they took rather great care of all our needs. something i have yet to see from any local comp.e-pill
- finance is one of the only ones. i said not many. and really, the difference in compensation between finance and advertising staff is huge.ephix
- advertising staff is huge.ephix
- west = asskld
- 'west' = 'ass'kld
- JSK0
"But there seems to be a lot of cut-throat business people out there ready to fuck all the independent creatives in the west."
Isn't that same in any business anywhere?
- vitamins0
de're takin our jobz!
- ephix0
ukit and jsk, where exactly in china are you from/half from?
- tangoxray30
As long as the chinese made version is the cheaper option, we'll all keep buying it.
e.g.
- what is that documentary?
i dont have HBO.. is it new?e-pill - only as long as product + duties are lower than heredoesnotexist
- Its about a year old i think. I saw it a few weeks ago. Shows how a once thriving NY garment industry no longer exists due to cheap overseas labour.tangoxray3
- exists due to cheap overseas labour.tangoxray3
- what is that documentary?
- JSK0
ephix
I run a small factory in Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, making small design buttons and drop down menus for various purposes.
- doesnotexist0
good design still sells.
- JSK0
ephix
I am from Qiongzhong Lizu Miaozu
- are you bored?ephix
- Never, just keeping self busy. Making buttons.JSK
- any chance you will really answer the question?ephix
- I am from North Carolina like ukit.JSK
- oh yeah, thats why you needed to get a visa and create a shit storm in your local office. makes sense.ephix
- dude come on man.JSK
- the dude didn't come on me. what are you talking about?ephix
- man I just laughed out loud. made me look like a fool.JSK
- JSK0
My father still owns the Xinkangfu Drug store. My mother's side owns the Qiongzhong Hongda Diannao Hongqi Speciality store. My cousin runs the Qiongzhong Xiancheng jiaqin Slaughtering factory near by.
- vitamins0
I am also from Qiongzhong Lizu Miaozu
- maikel0
during many years powerful nations captured resources from others. in a product-based economy as previous centuries it was all about natural resources and goods.
now that the economy is driven by services or intangible products as a website, the knowhow is what is on high demand.
- JSK0
There was this other studio called Shingong Shuma Yingziang Design studio who I had to fight with. We used to get our bats and chains etc. They were aligned with Yuansediao Advertisment.
Those guys were killer
Then I met this guy named Chan Ho Nam and he helped us out fight them. I been following him every since. Here is our group photo.
- ahh you are from hong kong, right?ephix
- I wish. I am not even Chinese.JSK
- here we go again... dude you need to cut down on your drinking.ephix
- Old habits from Lan Kwai Fong days are hard to get rid of...JSK
- amenephix
- indeed. How are you doing? keeping clean? have you gone to visit some chickens lately?JSK
- oh Dinky i was happy reading your imaginary journey.. i wanted you to carry it further!!e-pill
- i only wellcome them from the supermarket.ephix
- i knew e-pill was keeping tabs on this! :Dephix
- Really? I tried with supermarket ones but they tend to be cold and frigid.JSK
- stay away from mongkok then.ephix
- ephix.. i thought you knew MrDinky is Korean from Canada.. his story rocks thoughe-pill
- hopefully north korea. that'd be quite a story.ephix
- stay away from mongkok then.
HAHAH so true....JSK
- seed0
What does it say about our ecomony when goods have to be brought in from overseas in order to be affordable? Is it a way to avoid feeling the true impact of inflation?
- you only just noticed?ephix
- I was hoping someone with more economic knowledge could elaborate.seed
- i don't recall any price changes. i believe the corporations are pocketing all the profits. cuz i dun see anyjetSkii
- ok, you, i mean your people want cheaper shit to buy. so your companies find cheaper ways. they find china. they build things cheap to a certain qualityephix
- things cheap to a certain quality. just like your phone support goes to india. except thats a much poorer quality.ephix
- 74LEO0
The only reason china is such a capitalist force is because our governments allows them to be. We dont need a single thing they make..most of what they import to use we can make here. we are the only country that allows vested foreign interests to exploit out natural resources export them for refinement and production then re import to us at a profit.
haah haah our government is a joke. so you all should write your congressmen and women!
eol...
- jetSkii0
The only scare I have is having to speak and live in a country where I'd be forced to speak another language. Otherwise, I could definitely rock with more proper Asian girls and Dim Sum in this country.