[Eala]

Haier pays most of its machine operators little more than US$10 an hour, 10 times what it pays in China, along with health care benefits.

Not mentioned in the article but what I hear from a co-worker from Beijing is that in terms of cost of living, this is close to parity.

[doosee]

Haier is starting with little freezers and dorm size fridges. College students are buying them like crazy. They will then attack the home appliance market when they have their logistics figured out.