"They say that in some of these popular games, 40 or 50 percent of the players are actually Chinese farmers."
"And many online gaming factories have followed the same path taken by thousands of textile mills and toy factories: They moved their operations here from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of the world to take advantage of China's vast pool of cheap labor."
"Other startup companies are also rushing in, acting as international brokers to match buyers and sellers in different countries, and contracting out business to Chinese "gold farming" factories."
"One factory, in Henan Province, boasts 300 computers. In another factory, in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, workers log up to 18 hours a day and list their goods on eBay."
