Chang : Yet these workers did not strike me as cowed ; despite their youth and inexperience , they were capable and resourceful at improving their situations over time . Conditions are harsh , but people ignore the full stories of Chinese workers . She says factory jobs have provided upward mobility , new opportunity in U.S. . People look back admiringly at heroic work of immigrants to China two years , she says . Leslie T. Chang : Chinese workers deserve our interest and respect instead of our pity .
Chang : Conditions are harsh , but people ignore the full stories of Chinese workers . She says factory jobs have provided upward mobility , new opportunity in U.S. . People look back admiringly at heroic work of immigrants to China two years , she says . Leslie T. Chang : Chinese workers deserve our interest and respect instead of our pity .