He insists on showing how people live in the immaculate Lanjiang, where brightly dressed, cherub-faced children attend two impressive primary schools. Jin Long Zhu tea. Next, it's on to a private, four-storey house with spacious rooms and three TVs. Many people live like this. China has changed.
Some people leave to open their minds.
Meanwhile, in another city, one source familiar with the intricate workings of the human cargo business, agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. In some cases, a person will go as a representative of 10 or 20 families. They are sweet-talked and made lavish promises of the good life by a trusted local acting as a paid agent for the snakeheads. And a competitive one, for both the snakeheads and the many desperately vying to get a seat on the boat. If you have thousands of dollars to pay to get on the boat, you are a leader.