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Red Capitalism: China's Economic Revolution
| Length: | 57 min |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
An economic revolution is turning China into the world's largest economy. The birthplace of Chinese capitalism is Shenzhen which has exploded from a farming village to an industrial center of 3 million people.This film shows how Western corporations are moving factories to Shenzhen to profit from cheap labor and join one of the world's largest consumer markets. There are 58,000 joint venture corporations - from Proctor & Gamble to Volkswagen - for an annual economic growth of ten percent.
So desirable is it to work in Shenzhen that the city must be patrolled to keep out the teeming hopefuls. Scientists are working as clerks, and teachers on assembly lines because they earn more doing menial work here. This Mecca of free enterprise has its seamy side. Crime and prostitution abound. Yet from Avon salesladies to manic millionaires, its inhabitants exhibit boundless enthusiasm for the future.
So desirable is it to work in Shenzhen that the city must be patrolled to keep out the teeming hopefuls. Scientists are working as clerks, and teachers on assembly lines because they earn more doing menial work here. This Mecca of free enterprise has its seamy side. Crime and prostitution abound. Yet from Avon salesladies to manic millionaires, its inhabitants exhibit boundless enthusiasm for the future.
"Red Capitalism' does a good job of illustrating many of the most important social trends that have occurred in China over the last several years...consumerism, commercialism and corruption all receive their due."
The Journal of ASIA
The Journal of ASIA
Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1995
Association for Asian Studies, 1995
Association for Asian Studies, 1995
