Shanghai game farm

labor - "In the US even a haircut is eight times more expensive"

A quote by the owner of a Shanghai "game farm", a workshop where one of the latest trends in globalization and labor division takes place: young Chinese play games and sell their gains to US-players.
Billsdue pointed at this documentary under construction, made by Ge Jin, a PhD student at UCSD.
Click here for a preview.
Ge Jin:

When I entered a gold farm for the first time (tietou's gaming workshop in the preview), I was shocked by the positive spirit there, the farmers are passionate about what they do, and there is indeed a comraderie between them ... I do see suffering and exploitation too, but in that place suffering is mixed with play and exploitation is embodied in a gang-like brotherhood and hierarchy. When I talked with the farmers, they rarely complained about their working condition, they only complained about their life in the game world.

What I found striking was the 'farmer' telling how bad he felt being called a farmer, seen as a rather derogative qualification by arrogant Americans.