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In 2019, the documentary "American Factory" premiered, marking the debut of the Obama family's production company on Netflix. The film presented an intriguing yet perplexing narrative about Chinese investment in economically distressed areas of the Midwestern United States. Dayton, Ohio, once in a state of despair following the closure of a General Motors factory, witnessed the acquisition of a windshield manufacturer, Fuyao, by a Chinese investor.
The company's founder, Cao Dewang, known as the "King of Glass," with an estimated fortune of $5 billion according to Forbes, stepped into the role of plant manager. The film, captured through a constant camera lens, detailed the cultural clash between Americans and their new Chinese employers. These individuals were accustomed to absolute subordination of their workforce, who accepted grueling schedules and bizarre rituals of worship toward the company.
In the US, they soon discovered such practices were not the norm. They treated local employees as idle and uncommitted to the enterprise, and made extra efforts to suppress unionization (a strategy not limited to Chinese executives, but also applied by Bezos or Musk). The documentary, as Michele Obama stated, is not "editorializing"; it merely portrays what occurs. Do not expect to find any moral lessons.
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