“If they’re noisy, it means they’re functioning.”Mr. Shao was born in Jiujiang, a medium-size city in China’s interior. In 1989, the same year the authorities gunned down protesters in Tiananmen Square, Mr. Shao, then 20, went south. Mr. Shao left home with about $5 in his pocket. It wasn’t easy to find a job, without which Mr. Shao couldn’t get permission to live in Shenzhen. He finally found a job as an apprentice, making much less than $1 a day.

Source: New York Times January 21, 2019 21:45 UTC