Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour
by Hsiao-Hung Pai
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YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK You'll remember the harassed waitress from your last evening out at the local Chinese restaurant. You've noticed those builders across the street working funny hours and without helmets. You've eaten the lettuce they picked, or bought the microwave they assembled. The words 'cocklepickers,' 'Morecambe Bay,' 'Chinese illegals found dead in a lorry' will ring a bell. But did you know there are hundreds of thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants in Britain? show more They've travelled here because of desperate poverty, and must keep their heads down and work themselves to the bone. They sell themselves to the supermarkets, the hospitality and construction industries. Most have no status as citizens. Hsiao-Hung Pai, the only journalist who knows this community, went undercover in order to hear the stories of this hidden workforce. She uncovers a scary shadowy world where human beings are exploited in ways unimaginable in our civilised twenty-first century. CHINESE WHISPERS exposes the truth behind the lives of a hidden workforce here in Britain. You owe it to yourself and to them, to read it. show lessTags
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A haunting evocative piece of investigative journalism. A story that must be read.
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- Original publication date
- 2008
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Economics, Business, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 331.6251041 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Workers by ethnic and national origin Immigrant Workers [by current use] Asian Immigrant Labor [by current use]
- LCC
- HD8398 .C6 .P2 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
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