To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"had apparently agreed to pay their smugglers about $60,000 for a voyage to the United States..." Wouldn't these chinese be considered wealthy in china?
To: monkeywrench
"had apparently agreed to pay their smugglers about $60,000 for a voyage to the United States..." Wouldn't these chinese be considered wealthy in china? They pay it off working in the US. It is a form of indentured servitude.
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