Harney, Alexandra

Discloses the reasons China is able to offer low prices around the world for its products and is able to compete for business by limiting its workers. Also investigates why consumers search for cheaper goods, why China's pollution worsens, and why their infrastructure is crashing.

Profiles of factory workers, facts and statistics, and interviews provide an overview of poor working conditions and environmental damage created by China's determination to manufacture goods for the lowest price.