Workers demonstrate how much bigger are their western customers.
To avoid getting fined for falling asleep, Jasmine (17) and Liping (14) use clothespins that keep their eyes open.
Supervisor keeps watch over Jasmine when she and co-workers have to work all night long to meet the tight delivery deadlines demanded by international retailers.
Red Spring is a 15-years-old seamstress. Normally she works 12-14 hour shifts, 7 days a week.
Mr.Lam, owner of the jeans factory featured in the film. “In the U.S. and Canada they all wear denim. That’s our great advantage.”
Jasmine is leaving her Sichuan village for a factory job and a new life two-day travel away. She won’t be back home for more than a year.
The round-the-clock schedule has Jasmine and other workers fall asleep right on their work piles.