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The largest migration in human history

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America or even Africa.

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Tens of millions of rural Chinese people

are migrating to the big
city in search of work.

16-year-old Jasmine is one of them,

and like millions of other girls,

she finds work in a garment factory.

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behind this denim curtain

is that everyone is held accountable.

The factory owner who exploits

the people desperate for work,

the apparel company that
demands cheap clothes,

and the consumer who buys them.

It reveals a face of globalization

you have never seen before

and shines a disturbing
light on the real cost

of your new pair of blue jeans.

China Blue next on "Independent Lens."

(dramatic music)

(train whistling)

(dramatic music)

(cars honking)

(dramatic music)

- Hi, I am Jenny.

I'm the sales manager.

At Lifeng, we're happy to make the jeans

for the whole world.

We now miss a deadline,

even if it means our workers
keep working all night.

Australia, Britain, France,
USA, and South America.

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music continues)

(interviewer speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(interviewer speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- When I was born, my father
wanted to call me Red Spring.

My mother said it is
an old fashioned name,

so they call me Jasmine.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

My family raises ducklings,
goat, and rabbits.

We have rice terraces,

and we also grow wheat, sorghum, and corn.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I always thought I
would live there forever

like my parents and grandparents,

but ever since my older
sister started high school,

I knew I should go out to work.

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The day before I left,

dad gave me a 100 Yuan,

and told me to be careful
how I spend my money.

I'll never forget the day I left home.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The fog was real thick.

Mom was going to walk me to town,

but dad said, "There was too much to do."

We need to plan Winter wheat.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

After I left our valley,

I was surrounded by so many strangers.

It was scary.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

But I knew many of my
classmates had left with jobs,

so I was excited.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

On TV, they say China has
stepped into the new era.

There are opportunities
a waiting out of us.

(bright music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I've never been on a train before.

I didn't know you could fall
asleep while I'm moving.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The trip took two days and two nights,

and suddenly we were there.

(bright music)

(guard speaks foreign language)

(uplifting music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- My life changed along with China.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

20 years ago, I rode a bicycle tour.

Now I drive a small car.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Farm boys like me could move up

after the economic reforms
that Deng Xiao Ping initiated.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

My first job?

My first job was on a collected farm.

Herding cattle and working the fields.

I had to quit middle school to go to work.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

So I started work when I was 15.

I got an ID showing me

to be one year older than I really was.

I was a child laborer.

The law says she must be 16 to work.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

I bought books and study on my own.

I worked my way up step by step.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Later I joined the police force.

I became the chief of
police of this town, Shashi.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Three years ago, I quit the police

and started my own jeans factory.

Business is good,

though there are dozens of
denim factories here in Shashi.

(workers speaks foreign language)

(workers speaks foreign language)

(workers speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

I check this when I start my day,

I can see the operation
of the entire factory.

The security cameras are
recording 24 hours a day.

If something is wrong, I can look into it.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

I can see that the workers
are arriving on time

and punching their cards.

This is what's going on at 8:00 AM.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- My roommate Jay says, "If
we don't clock in on time,

they'll fine us for
each minute we're late."

There's a little box that lets them know.

(gentle music)

(uplifting music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

They put me in the packaging department

where we prepared the jeans for shipping.

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

My parents went through much
trouble to have a second child.

You're only supposed to have one.

I'm sure they were disappointed

when I came out girl too.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

But now I can help my family.

(gentle music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- Foreigners have a very
poor understanding of China.

Their slanted media portrays China

as a totalitarian frightening country,

like we are still in Marco Polo time.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

We are now a democratic society.

Workers have rights.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Before as boss, I had all the power.

Now we all sit down at the same table.

We are equals.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

There are two styles of management,

iron fist and relaxed style.

I prefer relaxed,

but you cannot let the
workers get out of control.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

But they are uneducated,

low caliber that these
farmers are 20 years behind.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

You cannot teach them work ethics.

It's beyond them.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- We must be fast and can
miss any of the loose stress.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It takes 30 minutes to
do one pair of jeans.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I need to brush the lint
from the inside and out.

Need to look in old pockets for pebbles.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

In one hour, I can make about half a Yuan.

(bright music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- First of all, labor is cheap.

And we have resources,
particularly human resource.

- They come from other parts

of the country and live in here?

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- Yes, they come from out
of the province, yeah.

- Province?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- [Guest] Oh, they can go
back to their place to eat.

How convenient.

- You want to go to canteen to eat?

- Try.
- No,

but it's convenient for them.

- Try, try.
(guest laughs)

- So they are happy to be here.

- They are happy?

- Because they work by the piece.

- So they made more money.

Yeah, so they're happy.

- Yeah, exactly.

- It's good for them.

- Yeah.
- Great.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- We're beginning to echo
the North American, Canada,

and US market in the second half of 2003.

We're only beginning, yes.

- We're very impressed with what we see

and we hope it will
lead to a lot more trade

and be between ourselves.

So thank you for having us here.

- Thank you.

Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

(gentle music)

(Dr. Liu speaks foreign language)

(Yang speaks foreign language)

(Yang speaks foreign
language continuously)

(gentle music)

(Chu speaks foreign language)

(labor organizer speaks foreign language)

(Chu speaks foreign language)

(labor organizer speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- Week one on my new life.

I live on the fourth
floor of the factory dorm.

I have never seen the world from so high.

There are 12 of us sharing the room.

We have running water
in a toilet just for us.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

But I do miss mom's cooking.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It's not like this Cantonese food.

They put no spices in it.

I thought the factory would feed us,

but it turns out they deduct
the cost from our pay.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

There is no place to eat.

So we carry the food up to our room.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Everybody goes to the fabric
cutters room during lunch break

because they all pitched
in and bought a TV.

(bright music)

(energetic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

But I like the girl's dorm better

because it turns into
a disco for 10 minutes.

(energetic music)

(singing in foreign language)

I've never been in a disco in my life.

(singing in foreign language)

(workers laughs)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I had a roommate leaving

says I must learn to use
the break for chores.

Otherwise you do them after
work, during sleep time.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Most of the girls are younger than me.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

They all have fake ID cards to get a job.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(workers laughs)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- [Sylvain] How much is it?

The price for this one?

Because our competitor
are very aggressive.

(Sylvain speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- This one, this for Australia.

This label for America.

This for Poland.

- Poland.
- This Poland.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- The workers think factory
owners spend their time

in high class nightclubs.

Honestly, running a
business is exhausting.

- Okay, okay, okay.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

(gentle music)

(Sylvain speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(investor speaks foreign language)

(Sylvain speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- Everyone's favorite
meal is midnight snack

because it's free.

Also because it's only a
couple hours before we're done.

(workers speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Mom and dad will never believe

we eat in the middle of the night.

Even during rice harvest,
we never work so long.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Lipin says if we are
working late at night,

they should be paying
us more, but they don't.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

To stay awake when I'm cutting threads

and let my imagination wonder.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I like to make up stories.

My favorite one is about
(speaks foreign language)

the girl who journeys far, far away

to train with a famous kung fu master.

It's hard, but she learns
to fly by the moonlight

and use magic powers.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

She knows her sacrifice will be worth it

because one day she'll go
home and help her family.

(gentle music)

Writing is like eating candy.

It's a very happy experience for me.

It's both about myself
and not about myself.

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- I like to get up earlier and fresh.

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

When I started, people could
not believe a police chief

would spend his time with calligraphy.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Now they do not believe a
factory owner would do it.

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Calligraphy changes you.

I am now a more patient
and cultured person.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

When I show my scrolls to clients,

they see we are a high class operation.

Their confidence in us increases.

It is good for our corporate image.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Writing calligraphy suit
your heart and soul.

(dramatic music)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- If I had this magic power Shang-Shang

the girl found my story,

I would just touch the ugly
forehead of the supervisor,

and she would freeze,

forever staring out of
her water, buffalo eyes.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- I have to go to Shanghai.

I need to talk business
with a British customer.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

There is nothing worse
than losing a customer

and not have orders coming in.

Meeting shipping deadlines
is our number one concern.

(car engine roaring)

(dramatic music)

(staff speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

- Now my big problem delivery

because I know from before,

your delivery is very late.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- Mr. Lam wants to know the factory

is different from previous.

And also we enlarged the production line.

The workers totalling is 750 workers now.

- I see.
- No late.

- Okay.

We'll see.

I'll be interested in doing denim jeans

and jacket sets.

(staff speaks foreign language)

What's the price?

What's the price?

(staff speaks foreign language)

- 4.3 or 4.2,

4.3.
- 4.2.

(staff speakings foreign language)

- You need to be near $4.

Be honest with you.

Honestly, frank.

(staff speaks foreign language)

- Okay?

- 4.1.

- Okay.

- Yeah, it's much better.

- It's...

Cooperation together.

- Yeah, let's see.
(Mr. Lam laughs)

- See what happens.

(staff speaks foreign language)

Okay.
- Okay. Thank you.

(gentle music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- For sure, it's the
international retailers

who make the big profits.

Their profit is 10 times
what they pay for it.

We run both of the risks, but
have the smallest profits.

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Usually I pay workers
all together about $1

for a pair of jeans.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

We make 200,000 pairs of jeans a month.

If you calculate 20
cents a profit, a pair,

that is $40,000 us.

That's pretty cool.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

To get workers more motivated.

We educate them through slogans.

We shape their basic
thinking like Jesus did.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign
language continuously)

- [Jasmine] Week seven.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The supervisor said,

they will fire anyone
who is too slow hash.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

still no pay, no time to write

or the work hours are getting longer.

(lively music)

(dramatic music)

(Yang speaks foreign language)

(Yang laughs)

(Yang speaks foreign language)

(Yang laughs)

(Yang speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- We were supposed to get paid by now,

but the supervisors don't
know anything about it.

They only talk about

this new big order that just came in.

It's a rush job.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- The most difficult part of
my job is managing people.

The workers take advantage of us.

For example, when they work overtime,

we give them a free
snack at midnight, right?

But they inflate their production numbers

to increase their pay.

I told my workers, if you were the owner,

if you were in my shoes,

you would see things differently.

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- The next night, we
were all nodding away.

So when the supervisor wasn't watching,

some of us snuck out to get energy tea.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It was my first time in the town.

Lipi knew where to get some
tea for just half Yuan.

(seller speaks foreign language)

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

This morning I found out those of us

who left last night
were marked down absent.

They will fine us 20 Yuan.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It would take us two
days to back that money.

(workers speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I hope I'm not getting sick

until they pay us, I
can't buy any medicine.

If I can't work, they'll replace me.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It is so cold.

I sleep with all my clothes on.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Lipi said that nearby,

workers went without pay for three months,

and then the factory
shut down on the them.

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Maybe this is just a bad dream.

When I wake up, I'll be back in school,

going to classes,

and playing with my friends.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(somber music)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(somber music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The supervisors are
more nervous than usual

because this order is behind schedule.

I heard the boss yell at them last night.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

They told the sewing department

to come and help us finish.

Lipi and everyone else are so mad.

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(phone ringing)

- Hello.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- In the police,

we had to operate by the book.

We could not step over the line,

but in business,

I'll do whatever I have
to do to make money.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

(employee speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(workers speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign
language continuously)

The workers only want to
feather their own desk.

I know how they think.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

When I was police chief,

we dealt with these migrant workers.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

Many of them break the law.

When they see other people's nice things,

they get jealous and want to take them.

They would kill for a few dimes.

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- After all the yelling,

they finally agreed to pay us

as soon as the order is out.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Lipi was right in the
middle of all the yelling.

She's only 14,

but she isn't afraid to
pull the tiger's whiskers.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Boss wanted to know who
started our protest,

but no one volunteered any names.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

We finished at 3:00 PM the next day,

and the wage sheet was finally posted,

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

somehow they found the money to pay us.

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(supervisor speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(lighthearted music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam laughs)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(singer singing foreign language)

(Lipi speaks foreign language)

(singer singing foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(singer singing foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(photographer speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Lipi said let's have our photos taken.

She can show them to her family,

(photographer speaks foreign language)

(gentle music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

It was her last night before going home.

(fireworks crackling)

(host speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(attendees applauding)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(worker speaks foreign language)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

(fireworks crackling)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

This is my first year away from home.

Tomorrow dad will take the
rice next door to grind

for mom to make sticky rice cakes.

Uncle for sure would get drunk.

Mom made me a new dress like every year,

but I'm not there to get it.

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Jasmine speaks foreign
language continuously)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

After New Year, everybody
returned from their home visits.

But the best thing was
that I finally got paid,

after deductions for women
board and paying all my debts.

I still have a little
left to send my parents.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(lively music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

The workload is not easier.

We even had time to go
to the night market.

(lively music)

(host speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine singing foreign language)

(host speaks foreign language)

(worker singing foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Sometimes I wonder where all the jeans

I worked on are going.

The people buying them,

are they girls and boys my age?

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Do they have any idea

who the people are making their clothes?

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(Jade speaks foreign language)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

- Hi, friend.

Hello from China.

My name is Jasmine.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I'm from Sichuan.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

Do you like Sichuan food?

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

I left home four months ago.

I miss my mom and dad and my kitty.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

My friends and I make these jeans for you.

Lipi made the back pockets,

Olga installed the zipper,

and I cut the loose thread.

(bright music)

They said we are very lucky

to be able to work in the factory.

I'm just happy I can help my
sister through high school.

(Jasmine speaks foreign language)

You can write me to dorm room number 408,

Lifeng factory, Shashi, China.

(lighthearted music)

(dramatic music)

(Mr. Lam speaks foreign language)

- What is that order from America?

(applicant speaks foreign language)

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I'm Mark Walberg in Mobile, Alabama.

Of the thousands of people
who've come here today,

less than 100 will be taped for the show,

but being picked doesn't necessarily mean

you've got a treasure.

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- I'm a physician and
when I moved to town,

there was a very wise man who told me,

people are gonna wanna give you gifts.

You need to collect something.

So I said, "Well, pigs
are a lot like people,

so I'll collect pigs."

And the next day,

he brought me three carved little pigs

and that started it.

- Now how long ago was that?

- (laughs) 24 years ago.

- No kidding.
- Yeah.

- And how many pigs
have you got right now?

- I have no clue.
(both laughs)

No clue.

I have like 200 boxes

of stuff boxed up in my house

and I have no idea.

- And tell me how you came about this one.

- My friend Nikki had a junk store.

I go down to her store to relax

and these two friends of mine came in

and they're usually fastidious.

And they were covered with filth

from the top of their head

to the tip of their toe,

and they had been tearing down his shed

and they found this pig stuck in the wall

and they brought it to Nikki to see

if she would buy it from him,

and they wanted $200 for it.

And Nikki doesn't spend
money on anything, (laughs)

so I bought it from him.

Then I felt guilty about it,

like I'd done a stupid thing,

but I liked the pig.

- Well, I don't think
you did a stupid thing.

This was made by an American pottery

called the Anna Pottery.

The Anna Pottery was found
in Anna, Illinois in 1859

and it was run by a family
called the Kirkpatrick family,

and they were very talented.

They made mostly ordinary
utilitarian stuff.

They made some unusual things too,

some figures, some jugs with snakes on.

Basically they made folk pottery outside

of their utilitarian web,

and they made these little things,

which are bourbon flasks.

As far as we know,

they're the only pottery
that made these things.

This particular one was probably made

in the mid to late 1880s,

and it's quite typical of what we find

in an Anna Pottery pig flask.

First of all, it's kind of whimsical

to the point of being a little bit,

you might say boardy,

and a lot of the Anna
Pottery stuff goes that way,

but that was not unusual

in the late 19th century saloon culture.

- Yeah.
- And you can see on the back

there's an incised parallel line,

which is a railway line.

It's depicting the ICRR
is the Illinois Central.