Cultures collide. Hope survives.
In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
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You always read about "cultural differences" as being something that must be overcome when dealing with international projects, but that language always felt so abstract to me; if anything, it seemed like more of an excuse as to why things might be delayed rather than a real problem. This doc did a great job of telling the story of what that concept really means in practice. _American Factory_ shows you how much friction is created due to the incongruity in cultural ideas abo…
When a Chinese glass company decides to invest in a former GM motor car factory in the USA, there is local excitement about the prospects of it employing a couple of thousand Ohians and helping to reinvigorate a state that has suffered years of steady industrial decline. Maybe unsurprisingly, though, it doesn't take long for some clashes of culture to take affect between the largely domestic workforce and their Chinese management. The minimum wage is set at $14 per hour and t…
