The thrust of this story on NPR, the many ways China is expanding its reach in the world, has xenophobic undertones (think of Michael Keaton in Gung Ho) that belie what I think is the more important question WTF is benefiting from the privitization of public assets? Its ain't you and me. It certainly isn't the Greeks who are getting paid less to do more...
My favorite quote from the story-
"He says workers were told by supervisors to urinate into the sea, rather than taking toilet breaks."
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/08/137035251/in-greek-port-storm-brews-over-chinese-run-labor?ft=1&f=137035251
The ancients speak
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3861121
Thanks God, at least they're not hungry for work and Japaneese
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/world/asia/09japan.html?_r=1
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