Slums were not uncommon in Chinese cities a few decades ago, from the precarious working class districts of 1930s Shanghai to the shanty towns of British-occupied Hong Kong in the 1950s onwards. How did China manage to develop in a way that decreased mass housing precarity? What are the structural reasons behind it?
wealthy people employ an “ayi” to do house work or in some cases a “baomu” to be a nanny.
This is not popular for the money conscience middle class. they will hire a cleaner maybe a few days a month if they feel they can’t keep up, but a baomu is more for the upper classes and yeh, can be gross just like you can imagine.
I am foreign worker. and a single guy who travels a lot. so many times in my life I hired an ayi to come to my apartment and do cleaning maybe twice a week.
my last full time ayi, could barely read, her daughter had just left university and was working as a paralegal… would she retire because her daughter could afford to take care of her ? no way in he’ll, the culture doesn’t allow that until she’s too old to work.
wealthy people employ an “ayi” to do house work or in some cases a “baomu” to be a nanny.
This is not popular for the money conscience middle class. they will hire a cleaner maybe a few days a month if they feel they can’t keep up, but a baomu is more for the upper classes and yeh, can be gross just like you can imagine.
I am foreign worker. and a single guy who travels a lot. so many times in my life I hired an ayi to come to my apartment and do cleaning maybe twice a week.
my last full time ayi, could barely read, her daughter had just left university and was working as a paralegal… would she retire because her daughter could afford to take care of her ? no way in he’ll, the culture doesn’t allow that until she’s too old to work.
Thanks