At another Dongguan factory, skilled painter Tang Wen gave up his $190-a-month job when his employer refused to give him time off to see his ailing mother in Hunan Province.

• 在东莞另一家工厂，平面设计师唐文毅然放弃了每月190美元的工作，原因是老板拒绝他请假回湖南老家探望生病的母亲。