THE LOCATION Taikoo, on the northeastern coast of Hong Kong Island, is full of worker bees by day.
Some lots have half-finished structures, seemingly abandoned; others are full of workers rushing around at a frenetic pace.
When I left my apartment yesterday morning, it was full of workers who were upgrading various electrical situations in an effort to make them safer.
Though the place was full of workers, they seemed to be the sort of workers who placed blame for the problems on work done by other people.
It was full of workers, all these young women sitting at benches assembling tiny electrical motors, the kind that drive a side-view mirror or a DVD tray.
Dubai, and the surrounding Gulf states, is full of construction workers, toiling in conditions of near slavery.
These days the park is full of city workers eating lunch, a few stray folk, and tables at the back of a pub.
In Ningbo, a coastal town in Zhejiang province, Bird's modern factory is full of industrious workers and high-tech machines, but Dai Maoyu, Bird's executive vice-president, looks tired.
In Eddy County's largest city, Carlsbad, where population spiked from 55,000 in 2010 to almost 80,000 now, every campground within 30 miles is full of oil workers living in trailers, RVs and even tents.
"American history is full of struggles of workers against owners, and I was asking why that isn't reflected in American movies," Mr. Petzold said.
