Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Leslie T. Chang.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Leslie T. Chang is a Chinese-American journalist and the author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (2008). A former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, she has been described as "an insightful interpreter of a society in flux."
Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something.
The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.
Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills, and to see the world.
A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.