Thousands of workers in this factory assembling and testing fiber optic systems. In many places of the Chinese economy, human labor replaces automation (in contrast to Japan, for example).
Automatt, ken mccown, Eric Rolph, and 65 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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borealnz 79 months ago | reply
I can't say I would like their job! Interesting capture though.
Thanks for sharing in our "In a Row" theme at
The World Through My Eyes
Krakras [deleted] 79 months ago | reply
:D very interesting, and real rows...
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lutrasimilis 79 months ago | reply
Well, consider that fiber optic system might be part of why the internet is working right now so that I can kill time on Flcikr ..... salute! to these workers. XD They should give them better chairs though; those don't look very comfortable for long shifts.
"In a Row" theme at The World Through My Eyes
eba317 78 months ago | reply
So interesting!!!
bom_de_ver 78 months ago | reply
1ST PLACE
Congratulations on winning 1st Place in the Contest: Jobs, in the Themed Contests Group!
photojennic 78 months ago | reply
A great photo and a worthy winner!
Kailos (TremendoViaje.com) 72 months ago | reply
add as favorite!
david55king 67 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Employment - People at Work, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
born1945 62 months ago | reply
Reminds me of the English cotton mills of the 1800s.
eFiberTools 59 months ago | reply
I have a picture like this of the inside of the Jilong fiber optic plant in China. Looks similar.
sudergal 58 months ago | reply
Oh my! This does not look like fun!
Deadhead Daisy 56 months ago | reply
Thank you for sharing!
KMorhart 53 months ago | reply
Congratulations! This image won SECOND place in the contest "WORK"
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warem2144430 53 months ago | reply
en, nice shot
Mat McDermott 48 months ago | reply
Hi, I've used this photo in this blog post on TreeHugger. Thanks for making it available under Creative Commons.
jurvetson 39 months ago | reply
Just noticed that this photo is used on p.229 of the NeoPhotonics S-1 filing with the SEC for their IPO
wallacewainhouse 31 months ago | reply
used in this too www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1n1X0Oqdw
Hope to Prosper 27 months ago | reply
Thanks for the use of your image.
I posted it on my blog in a story about American workers.
I provided attribution and linked back to your photostream.
Regards,
Bret
HopeToProsper.com
katy-kat1 24 months ago | reply
Je trouve que ça fait un peu peur, ce type de photos ! Tableau végétal
aloeverausa 13 months ago | reply
great picture!