How does globalisation affect these four people’s lives?
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The China Story centres around the lives of four key characters whose lives are all, in some way, touched by China and many of the issues surrounding globalisation, cross-cultural business, and the supply chain.
- Mike Hampton is the founder and CEO of Snazzy Socks, a moderately successful and privately-owned company based in upstate New York.
- Mike’s wife, Natalie Hampton was formerly a successful graphic designer but is now a stay-at-home-mom to the couple’s three children, one of whom is an adopted daughter from China.
- Liu Lai Feng is the owner of Guangdong Accessories and Apparel Manufacturing, a factory in the town of Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta, just across the border from Hong Kong.
- Lan Lan is a young migrant woman from Guizhou province, who moved to Guangdong to work in Liu Lai Feng’s factory.
All of these characters lives are intertwined in some way, and all of them are affected by the issues of globalisation, migration and the supply chain.
The China Story was first produced at the Forum for Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum in Dalian.