(The best evidence so far that Uighurs have become prisoners in labor
concentration camps.)
Li Jun’s characterisation of the Chinese migrant experience in Angola
was in part derived from the way many companies from China structured
time and space for their workers. Like many Chinese companies in Angola
at the time of my fieldwork, his employer followed a seven-day workweek,
with days ‘off’ only on major Chinese holidays, like National Day or the
Lunar New Year. Chinese employees repeated the same routine of waking
up, going to a certain location for work, and returning to their
dormitory, day after day, for the entire length of their contract, which
was typically one and a half or two years. They lived and worked on the
company premises, and most staff were not permitted to leave the
compounds after 6 pm. Had they been given permission to leave company
grounds more often, employees would still not have been able to do much,
since their salaries were paid into bank accounts in China, accessible
only on their return. Many claimed to like this arrangement, saying that
it allowed them to save more money and kept them physically safe.
https://madeinchinajournal.com/2021/01/25/doing-time-making-money-at-a-chinese-state-firm-in-angola/
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