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China Blue is a 2005 documentary film directed by Micha Peled. It follows the life of Jasmine, a young seventeen year old worker from Sichuan province, in a Chinese jeans factory, Lifeng Clothes Factory (丽锋服饰制衣有限公司) in Shaxi, Guangdong producing Vigaze Jeans (a company based in Istanbul, Turkey ), hence the title. Jasmine earned about half a yuan for one hour's work (which amounted to about six US cents). The documentary discusses both the sweatshop conditions in factories in China and the growing importance of China as an exporting country on a global scale. At the... MORE

China Blue is a 2005 documentary film directed by Micha Peled. It follows the life of Jasmine, a young seventeen year old worker from Sichuan province, in a Chinese jeans factory, Lifeng Clothes Factory (丽锋服饰制衣有限公司) in Shaxi, Guangdong producing Vigaze Jeans (a company based in Istanbul, Turkey ), hence the title. Jasmine earned about half a yuan for one hour's work (which amounted to about six US cents). The documentary discusses both the sweatshop conditions in factories in China and the growing importance of China as an exporting country on a global scale. At the 2005 Amnesty International film festival, it won the Amnesty International-DOEN Award. In April 2007 China Blue aired on the award winning PBS series Independent Lens. LESS