'Slaves' rescued from China firm

"Thirty-one dirty and disorientated workers have been rescued from a brickwork factory in China, where they were being held as virtual slaves.

Eight workers were so traumatised by their experiences that they were only able to remember their names.

The labourers had to work unpaid for 20 hours at a time, and were only given bread and water in return.

The brickworks, in the poor inland province of Shanxi, is owned by the son of the local Communist Party secretary.

Local police told the BBC that the owner, Wang Binbin, had been arrested, and that his father, Wang Dongji, was under investigation.

Several other people have also been arrested, although the foreman is still on the run.

When police raided the brickworks they discovered foul-smelling workers who had been wearing the same clothes for a year.

They had no facilities to wash, and they had not had their hair cut or brushed their teeth.

"The grime on their bodies was so thick it could be scraped off with a knife," the Beijing News said.

They had burns over their bodies after being made to carry bricks that had not cooled down properly.

Police are now arranging for the workers to get the wages they should have been paid, and then they will send them home, although the eight disorientated workers cannot remember where that is.

Local people said the brickworks, near Linfen, would have been closed down a long time ago had it not been for the protection of the party secretary.

China has tens of millions of migrant workers.

They leave their rural homes in search of work, but often have to endure harsh conditions, bad treatment and low pay.

There is little they can do about their lot, particularly when, as in this case, factory owners are protected by powerful local officials."

Tens of millions, huh? I've seen the Asian work ethic and it's second to none so this might be just the right time for a trade. Part of the reason our illegals and our minorities despise Asian workers is because they, well, they work. Sure the newly arrived have a difficult time with English, but their kids speak better than me, and while thats no major feat it is infinitely preferable to the whining beaners who could care less what language their children learn because they're going to be fed, clothed, and housed by the state and who needs English when everyone at the welfare office speaks spanish.

A trade. Tens of millions go to china for tens of millions of chinese who'd give an arm to life in the US. We could run tons of Sponsor A Beaner rallies and who WOULDN'T chip in to be rid of these burrito bums. Imagine it. An influx of smarter, cleaner, work-friendly folks who dream of owning a business and would be sure to vote against scum like Rodham Clinton who want to steal from the middle class and give to the hobos.

Hell; the government could lure them here by running Win-Yourself-A-Wal-Mart lotteries because we all know how the chinese love Wal-Marts and it isn't as if the chinese government cares where they get their slaves so they'd take our lowlife mexicaners in a NY minute.

This has all the earmarks of win-win.Teddy Kennedy and John McCain get their much needed cabana boys and gardeners, and the country gets their kids who go to college and return home with PhD's.