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DESCRIPTION:World Factory” And Chinese Workers In The Global Economy From Theater To 
 Music \n And Honoring the Chinese Workers Who Built the Transcontinental 
 Railway \n Chinese workers are the largest working-class in the world and 
 260 million of these workers are migrant workers from throughout the many 
 regions of China. They play a central role in the world economy because 
 China has become the central link in the “World Factory”. \nGrass Stage 
 is the production company that helped develop this play about the role of 
 the migrant Chinese worker in this global production chain. \n Playwright 
 Zhao Chuan visited Manchester, England and from this visit developed the 
 play reflecting the experience and lives of the Chinese workers who make 
 the many products we use in the United States and throughout the world. \n 
 Joining Chuan to perform the segments of this play will be: \n Wu Meng, 
 theatre artist, freelance writer, founding member of Grass Stage. \n Yu 
 Kai, artist, freelance writer and teacher. Since 2006, she was the main 
 creator and performer in many Grass Stage productions. \n Wu Jiamin, the 
 main creator, performer and executive producer of “World Factory”. 
 \nThere will also be musical performance by Xu Guojian, who is with the 
 Beijing Migrant Workers Home. Head of New Worker’s Art Troupe and 
 Chairman of Trade Union in Pi Village Community, Leader of Workers’ 
 Museum, and Director of Spring Festival Gala for and by Migrant workers. \n 
 Also Dong Jun, leader of Zhongdiyin Cultural Center for Workers, initiator, 
 leader, vocalist, and percussionist of Zhongdiyin Worker’s Band, will 
 perform. \n The lives and artistic expression of this new young working 
 class is a growing development in China, and their songs tell the story of 
 the lives and their struggles in the new China. \n\n There will also be a 
 presentation by Stanford lecturer \n Hilton Obenzinger who is Associate 
 Director, Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project about 
 the building of the Transcontinental Railway on the 150th anniversary of 
 its construction by the 50,000 Chinese workers who came to America to build 
 it. These Chinese workers played an important and critical role in building 
 America and also led the first and largest strike at that time in 
 California history starting on June 25, 1867. We honor them for the work 
 they did in building America. \n For more information contact: (415) 
 642-8066 \n Sponsored by LaborFest \n See also: 
 \nhttp://www.artsnetworkasia.org/directory_detail.php?id=2419 (Grass Stage 
 of Shanghai) 
 \nhttp://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpress/ 
 \nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-strike/ 
 \nhttp://www.cprr.org/Museum/Maps/ (Railroad Maps) \n Work of Giants: The 
 Chinese and the Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad-SF Chinese 
 Historical Society Exhibit at 
 \nhttp://chsa.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/work-of-giants-the-chinese-and-the-building-of-the-first-transcontinental-railroad/ 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2015/2015schedule.htm \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/21/18773798.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: "World Factory” & Chinese Workers From Theater To Music
LOCATION:Stanford University  - 450 Serra Mall, Stanford (Location of the room to be 
 announced later) \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/21/18773798.php
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