narrator: most of these workers are like du neng ji. il the facties came, they either ratched out a living from farming or had no work at all. now life has changed dramatically. ( du neng ji speaking chinese ) translator: although we have to work hard for eight to nine, sometimes ten hours a day, i still feel very happy. i live in a dormitory, but i feel as if i'm living at home. narrator: millions of chinese have left their homes to work in places like guangdong. man: china has changed. it's one of the most exciting places to be doing business in the world right now. narrator: these workers make almost half a million shoes a month, but nike could have these shoes made anywhere in the wld. why did they choose to make them here? the answer lies in a mix of local and global factors. in southern china,d near the capital, guangzhou, and about 100 kilometers from hong kong. and the proximity of hong kong is the key to massive foreign investment throughout guangdong province. people who work in the world economy, who work in the global trading