Zhu Wen's I Love Dollars And Other Stories Of China

Who’s the Boss?

In Zhu Wen’s 2008 I Love Dollars And Other Stories Of China, Ah, Xiao Xie, the story depicts lives and thoughts of young workers in a money hungry power plant that produces no power. Because so, the young, overqualified, employees of the power plant dream of leaving the company while they are young and equipped with the skills they gained at a four year institution. The transition from China’s post-Maoist economy era into the modernization of a new money driven China finds the youngsters at a standstill with no signs of change any time soon. As country leaders urge the Chinese to embrace foreign influences; such as a freer enterprise, to see financial growth and success, the workers now seek fair treatment as well as to improve their lifestyle to one much more worthy. One may suggest the narrative from I Love Dollars And Other Stories Of China, is an adaptation of his personal experience. An experience from a time of the nation’s growth into capitalism. He was born in the largest city of the People’s Republic of China, Quanzhou, Fujian

For example, without the need to pay workers fair wages and follow health and safety rules they could build the city for less cost and in less time. That might have some truth in it, up to a certain extent. Take China for example. The country becomes a wealthier nation, which in turn the need for a simple bite to eat and shelter is no longer as important than the desire to be treated fairly. This inevitably leads to turmoil between the workers and the state – the lack of democracy to allow the government to effect change only exacerbates the