Already, there have been major strikes at factories across China – Motorola, Honda, and Foxconn, among others. That would have been unheard of several years ago, as would today’s growing trend among China’s urban middle classes for de-urbanization – a brain drain whereby educated city dwellers give up on the rat race and return to the countryside in pursuit of cleaner air, open spaces, and better accommodation.
中国各大工厂已经出现了大规模罢工——摩托罗拉、本田、富士康等。这放在几年前是前所未闻的事，与此类似的事中国城市中产阶级越来越流行的去城市化倾向——一种人才流失，受过良好教育的城市居民逃离激烈竞争，回归乡村追求更清洁的空气、更开阔的空间和更舒适的生活。我们的城市面临着名副其实的不适居风险。