Factory City: EUPA . Documentary China labors and the largest factory in the world

They live there. They eat there. Their children attend school there. But most of all, they work there. They are the 17,000 employees of EUPA, a "Factory City" in the southeast corner of China.
EUPA's massive workforce pumps out 15 million irons per year, millions of sandwich grills, microwaves, coffee makers and blenders. Now they are about to take the manufacturing world by storm with their introduction of solar powered products.
From the 2500 microwaves that come off the line each day to the four tons of rice served daily in the five ca
feterias, we showcase the process and the personalities that keep this massive machine well-oiled.
The show will focus not only on how the goods are made, but how the Factory City operates.
It's a novel concept for the rest of the world. But it's become a way of life in China, where a new industrial revolution is unfolding on a scale the world has never seen.
Try Google Maps & take a look yourself, 24.495000, 117.939000
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[@stefanp7603]

As a manufacturing engineer, this is the coolest place in the world. As a human being, looks depressing as hell.

[@swagdaddy3828]

Imagine the stress of supervising 850 workers across 30 different manufacturing lines. Yikes

[@mravocadotoast8129]

Not depressing as hell, it is hell

[@ursulasmith6402]

Everything, made in China, falls apart.

[@zekeyeager1458]

@@ursulasmith6402 blame yourself for that one. They only make what US consumers will buy. Think about it. Economically speaking, it just makes sense. So, they make cheap product. Take a gander at your local Walmart. And before you say “I don’t buy cheap crap from China” well then explain to me how your so well informed about their quality they provide. Is it because you yourself actually buy it?

[@bgraham928]

​@@ursulasmith6402Not true. Chinese made products are often of excellent quality. The workmanship has greatly improved.

[@pbgrapejay1]

I will never complain about my job again after watching this.

[@mayuyumiwazaki8769]

Today, a problem in the iron department needs ironing out.

[@ursulasmith6402]

😄

[@rgstever]

Huggbees fan eh?

[@flyduck1]

This doc sounds very positive, but still I find it very depressing.

[@Buildsolarhomes]

I find this video very positive and educational. Eupa is a COMMUNITY and offers a very interesting lifestyle.

[@librev5881]

Libertarianism the documentary, honestly Like, not to get into politics too deeply but this is a corporation that overtakes the lives of workers and covers every facet of their lives

[@RodWaffle]

@@Buildsolarhomes Propaganda? on my youtube video?

[@ryantay9642]

That’s not libertarianism you fucking retard.

[@inuysha360]

This doc borders on propaganda holy smokes

[@theovolz3073]

I bet if those hot plates aren't made in time, someone's going to get a good grilling.

[@battery781]

They are all so happy there are bars on the windows to stop suicide.

[@JTR1Cinema]

"For most of us, that's unthinkable." Amazon:

[@f.b.i3375]

there's apartment in amazon?

[@SewardWriter]

​@@f.b.i3375 There will be.

[@fadrrn]

it just doesn't make sense to me, is hotdog a sandwich or not???

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Hot Dog is not a sandwich because the Hot Dog bun is one piece, whilst a sandwich can only be something between two slices of bread.

[@minebrosfinest]

@@1337fraggzb00N counter point open faced sandwiches

[@1337fraggzb00N]

@@minebrosfinest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@nuggetdog4262]

It’s a taco dumbarse

[@adameccleston1926]

jeez it's like the old Virginia Coal Mines from the 50's. Everyone worked in the mine and the mine owned the whole damn town

[@ianhomerpura8937]

That is exactly where they got the idea.

[@momkatmax]

Or the work houses of Victorian England.

[@Toosapetteri]

Who else is here because they saw the Huggbees version and got curious?

[@Dude-vq3oe]

Me.

[@holdmybeer]

Probably where my $5 toaster came from.

[@holdmybeer]

@Garrett Huxley i hope you covered your tracks. i think thats a felony here in the states. sharing it on the internet is pretty fucking dumb. LOLOLOL

[@thatoneguy8272]

@@holdmybeerIt seems like the comment was deleted, what did it say?

[@holdmybeer]

@@thatoneguy8272 i cant remember a comment from five years ago hahaha

[@jakev4191]

@@holdmybeer think bro. I'm curious AF.

[@ZOCCOK]

@@holdmybeer concentrate enough and the world will reveal itself, or just lie well enough to satisfy everyone

[@mushmush4980]

It's comical how many of these comments are thinly veiled propaganda bots

[@ajv802]

All the people interviewed had senior roles or had not worked there very long.... why didn't they talk to someone who had been working there for 10 years making irons almost everyday. Looks like a fucking hell hole and the pay is completely shit.

[@ursulasmith6402]

The streets for the homeless is worse. This is the result of outsourcing.

[@Fernando-jy6gq]

This factory looks very well lit and ventilated compared to one I worked in Illinois. Still there is a great disparity with free time and pay.

[@KittyHasFleaz]

Who else is here because of Huggbees?

[@mayuyumiwazaki8769]

✋

[@rgstever]

here

[@alpzepta]

5:59 is a reason why I don’t buy thing from China. The way he treat a worker is unbelievable

[@sabadhomdizaydhom501]

I think he forget to mention that he had not enough slime

[@jessecrossman5538]

60,000 irons a day? where do they wind up? I have one iron and I haven't used it in a decade. Maybe they should slow down?

[@povar1981]

well it's for the whole world, so it's probably the current demand

[@vaubanschwarzwald3058]

There are over 300,000,000 people in the USA alone. Over 7 billion and counting on the planet. Now put that 60,000 per day in perspective.

[@challenger5748]

As an American I don't know whether we should stop complaining, be scared, or step our game up?

[@tence_6965]

Which America?

[@ursulasmith6402]

@@tence_6965 good question

[@bgraham928]

All the above!

[@ghostofjfk]

So...they go to school at the factory which they have to pay for, which they then make the money to pay off tuition and to live by working for cheap in the same factory...that's a fucken trap if I've ever seen one bud

[@Chloelol]

it's literally the modern day equivalent of coal-mining cities. fucked up.

[@adventureguy4119]

West Virginia all over again

[@wtficantgetausername]

I wonder how much of this is true in terms of quality control with products and employee satisfaction along with the food and housing

[@ursulasmith6402]

None of it is, it's just pure propaganda.

[@zekeyeager1458]

Tf is “employee satisfaction?” Silly westerner, oh how the great empire has fallen 😒

[@swagdaddy3828]

Grill assembly line #4 was out of operation for more than 2 minutes this week. Off to the Laogai for Mr. Ho

[@zhonlino]

More than machinery we need humanity..

[@hotstinkytaco]

Did they ever got that new shipment of slime

[@them631]

This is straight up propaganda how is the comment section so on board with it

[@ursulasmith6402]

It is , here, people are homeless because of this unnecessary outscoring.

[@4jonah]

Making a prototype took half a day? Okay so he clocked in, made a prototype, called it good, then went to lunch. Id think the company selling it would do the r&d

[@Merle1987]

If the workers who made these shitty grills could afford to buy them, the factory would figure out that they need a total overhaul because the grills don't last more than six months. Making a product which works for two weeks or a month is easy.

[@laststandinstalingrad5162]

I hate you people saying bad things about Chinese products.Who's fault is it that's buying Chinese product?

[@Merle1987]

You don't need to hate me. It's not the workers' fault that the goods are low quality. The fact remains that the products are shoddy. There is just no getting around that. The main culprit is human greed, which is to be found in each one of us, minus a few saints.

[@azgonz56]

you get what you pay for! at $100 us you get a year in performance after base price. the cheap public is not pay over this base price. new discardable economy buys cheap or corporate feed like staryybuckies or MACDS

[@ursulasmith6402]

Nothing made in China does.

[@rgstever]

@@azgonz56 Sorry, I don't read loopy.

[@anujkatheria1385]

Story of every Manufacturing Industry.. whether it's China ,India or other asian country

[@f.b.i3375]

you could probably exclude singapore, japan, korea and arab

[@studyonline4763]

But India is a "democracy", yet we have legislated 12 hours work days as the norm. China's slave shops seem much better

[@jonathanmukwaya6870]

An inspring programme and documentary and we really have to appreciate all the people that work in these factories. Its always the people that you don't see that make the things you do see possible.

[@ao969]

What the Fuck? Are you crazy? They are living their whole fucking lives working shit dead end ass jobs for a powerhouse corporation that takes advantage of these workers. Fuck You!

[@Farewell_Friend]

@@ao969 the 16 year old girl in the video said it herself, coming from REAL poverty this seems fucking great in comparison. Living cost are covered and everything you'd "need" is within arms reach. Don't know any of them personally obviously but I doubt they know what an actual brighter future is. This is all they've ever REALLY known from the looks of it. This isn't to condone the lifestyle, we all just watched the cages they walk in and out of everyday for homes. But more so an explanation as to why people "willingly" sign up for this. They never truly had any other option.

[@jernbek1]

Some people feel bad for these workers but the truth is, many of the workers at this and other nearby plants come from poor small villages and do not have good prospects for the future, this place is actually a decent place to live and work for them seeing as life back in their villages has little to no opportunity for them.

[@khadijahyago9956]

Came from Hugbees

[@Cirnology]

"The problem in the Iron department needs some ironing out (heheheheeeh)"

[@user-sz2px8pv3f]

Lol, I wonder how this place did with covid. I'd be interested in seeing china's REAL numbers at the very least

[@Mark_Cook]

Probably pretty good, the workers look relatively fit, so that helps. There are large traditional communities in the US that have 80-90% covid antibody rates and very few deaths.

[@tence_6965]

@@Mark_Cook they also don't eat fast food all day and walk more than the average US citizen

[@bgraham928]

@@tence_6965 Good point! I don't see any obese people in this documentary.

[@asoronite]

dude, this is scary as hell

[@ursulasmith6402]

No, being homeless is scary, no one in China is because they got our jobs.

[@nikolasheinemann2580]

Im sure this is one of the ones with good conditions. Cant imagine what the regular factories are like.

[@johnnygotti1568]

definitely performing for the camera, but still definitely better

[@DESIBOY-fe7nm]

Here after Huggbees.

[@poptartdude24]

“Relative luxury”

[@zyansheep]

"Fiercely loyal"

[@titobaskoro2240]

Respect to China's most hardworking people!

[@alpzepta]

I think they work way too hard. work hard are great but too hard will cause a heath problem.

[@VersusArdua]

@@alpzepta work is life. life is work.

[@ursulasmith6402]

Sloppy

[@bronzerat012]

This is mind boggling!

[@fredhouseal5535]

So who is getting all the profits, I'm sure not the workers

[@JoseHiggor]

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SLIME

[@dominiccoyne8730]

How incredibly dystopian

[@KeyboardMoment]

Man. This looks and sounds dystopian af

[@scottclark1123]

1:45 2:09 7:57 22:17 23:32 40:16 44:19 29:21 36:24 36:49 16:51 7:27 14:54 i 16:43 18:55☕️ 3:04 18:43 … 32:49 5:14 4:00 12:17 13:13 32:32 36:20

[@thearchiveable]

Just a normal factory here in the western world. Only bigger. I don't see that many differences except for the housing.

[@christophe9602]

I don't think any Western factory can afford to employ a labour force of this size for these easily automatable tasks and stay in business for longer than a year.

[@photofreak56]

This feels like propaganda. Like these people are being exploited...

[@ursulasmith6402]

No, we are. Jobs are gone, they got our jobs and LIVE FOR FREE. If I would be Chinese, I would go there too. Absolutely. Communism or not, whatever works for THEM!

[@trollking6111]

With all of these demanding issues and quality control, explain to me why everything I buy from China breaks, RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX???

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

+Troll Boss - Crap materials (to cut costs), poor design, poor attention to assembly detail in a rush to meet quotas, long shipping destinations with substandard packaging, UPS delivery dudes kicking boxes to the curb. Those are a few reasons, but I think you're exaggerating because if EVERYTHING breaks right out of the box, you've had some pretty bad luck.

[@HWDragonborn]

Maybe its not built in this factory?

[@ursulasmith6402]

They don't know what they are doing . They don't live like the western world does. The Chinese don't use none of the machines and appliances we need. They don't drink coffee, the Chinese drink tea. They wash by hand. They wash their dishes by hand. I talked to many people who were in the Navy. They have been there and they saw what's really going g on there.

[@adventureguy4119]

M’y motorcycle from China kept going lol but man did it had soft metal

[@Rexter2k]

Probs to the worker having a casual conversation and assembling the iron without looking 16:40

[@HighTechLab]

Who else is here from Huggbees

[@illiterate.ink.]

That supervisor is a simple man. We should all act like him

[@djkasdjkasdjdjdj]

blue collared jobs srsly needs to be replaced by machines, its an insult to our human qualifications

[@sandeepvivek6134]

മലയാളീസ് ഇവിടെ👇

[@KALMNECOM]

Very nice , I just wondering why most goods things have less viewers! it should be more than 100, 000,000 I will press like you deserve it.

[@morbidsearch]

Came here from that Huggbees "satire" video that definitely doesn't use "lol China bad" as a crutch for humor.

[@nighteye4042]

Somebody get that man some slime!

[@shailendernegi4585]

after watching this video i think no country beat china in Manufacturing.

[@azgonz56]

we have next generation economy! striking robots that build, design, sell, transport, and maybe even consume their creations. fuck all this ironical exploitation. my factories are it: complete, self- righting fully automated factories!

[@riteshpahladsingh3819]

Because only cheap slavery labour.

[@luispalacio5473]

India is growing

[@ajv802]

Fuck off, its exploitation and border line slavery. You can tell these people are either scare or brainwashed to not say anything negative. They get paids fuck all, $90 - 300USD a month....

[@cuentos.narrados]

@@ajv802 Hi, in argentina you work for 10 hours a day for about $160/$180 usd (real exchange rate, not oficial one, we dont have access to oficial price of usa currency, for example 1 US dolar equals ~$75 Argentine peso, but we can only buy 200 usd/month and with a oficial overprice of 30%, after that we pay $130 Argentine peso per USD in the black market) only to pay $100 usd/month for housing (not a realy good one) so you get 60 to 80 usd/month and we have electric cuts, streets with potholes, a lot of criminals in the street, and if you want a fucking cloth iron you pay around $76 usd for the same iron in the video, i know its the same because i make a living repairing chinese electric shit, like led tv's, computers, and all kinds of electric appliances in general. In top of that, we vote (not me) for the same peronist mofos again. Im sorry if i misspelled some words, i know a little bit of your lenguage thanks to videogames and movies lol.

[@yvonneost12]

At least this place pays its workers a decent wage for their standards anyway , not $2 a day like some sweat shops in China and meals are'nt bad @ aound 50c either.

[@johncase1353]

To everyone that is saying this factory is terrible and the employees are living in horrible conditions, stop comparing it to your life. In China this factory is as good as it gets for the Chinese workers. They get paid well compared to the little to really no pay other Chinese factories pay their workers (if the factory doesn't decide to skip paying their workers all together), the management seems to "care" about their workers while other factories always remind their workers their are expendable everyday, they get fed well compared to other factories only offering a bowl of rice that costs nearly a days pay, they live in good living conditions compared to the horrible conditions other Chinese factory workers have to live in and they aren't work into the ground unlike other factories that will force their employees to work 16+ hours a day, 7 days a week with no overtime pay. If you want to understand what I'm talking about then here on KZbin look up a documentary call China Blue. Even then that factory in that documentary is tame compared to other Chinese factories.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

+John Case It is a communist nation. I wanted more than a job, but I learned from my employers (and self paid college) and started my own business. In china---I would still be a hungry worker. Now, start at min 10:40, and listen to the premise,--are the "workers free,--or are they slaves? "They must leave their family's behind, and devote their lives to the company.: Like I said, it is a communist nation, and communism is the opposite of "individual rights", and "citizen owned capitalism". You are cheering for slavery, and probably voting for communism. Thanks a lot.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

+EarthSurferUSA And to add, "stop comparing your life"? I am sorry, you are a typical progressively/communistic education that teaches all values are the same. I see you don't have any, but if your not judgmental,---you will lose your values. Look at it like it should be. It is not our fault communist nations do not let their citizenry enjoy their own capitalism. Yes, that is right, in a free market society, capitalism belongs to you. Under communism, business belongs to government. That is not free---no matter what grade you "earned" in college.

[@azgonz56]

this the best even at 1st world standards! in itself it is a utopia. like upper middle class for China's standard.

[@stankwho]

"In China this factory is as good as it gets for the Chinese workers." well thats depressing

[@johncase1353]

I am and I didn't vote for him. He won't last long before getting impeached.

[@hydra6035]

who else was sent here from teams....

[@LesJennyLee]

woah i've never seen such flawless skin, drop that skin routine tho

[@JohnSmith-gd5xm]

The reason why everything is so cheap there is because the company subsidises everything to make the people feel like they're getting a good deal, but if someone ever wants to leave, they will have to repay the debt to the company which of course they'll literally never be able to afford. Naturally conditions will worsen over time, as totalitarian states do, and more people will try to leave and realise they can't afford to legally, so they'll have to escape. Security therefore, will increase dramatically and propaganda will soar, leading them even further under the company's control. Most won't even realise they're imprisoned, but some will and realise there's no hope. For these people who can't take any more and have no option but to resort to the most extreme 'way out', they even have anti suicide measures in place. This company is literally running a prison for people who are looking for a better life than being a poor farmer. This is modern day slavery. And the world runs on it.

[@ursulasmith6402]

Solidarity goes a long way, America, you lack of this! It's the cause if all social problems.

[@am55vids]

Very cool. Lots of hard work and ingenuity goes into each and every one of those containers.

[@JoeMamascat]

I came from hugebees 👍

[@iswish_41]

Those are the hotel irons that never work.

[@madmanjshum]

+Nelson Martinez You must be referring to the ones manufactured in your own country. Get a life!

[@Coverupzblog]

this documentary is such siht. making it seem like such a great thing. id like to see a documentary that shows allllllll the dark evil things about this place Eupa

[@YouTubestopsharingmyrealname]

+Michael Ledesma what evidence do you have that this place is doing "Dark and evil things?"

[@Coverupzblog]

what evidence do you have they dont

[@YouTubestopsharingmyrealname]

That's a fools argument

[@EarthSurferUSA]

+Casey Hagist The suicide nets around the building? I guess our education does not teach what a communism is anymore.

[@YouTubestopsharingmyrealname]

+EarthSurferUSA Do you have any facts? Where are the suicide nets in this video? Without evidence you are just throwing out blind accusations. You were right about our education system... it doesn't teach somethings...

[@fidelcatsro6948]

please do this army regimental production of electric cars and solar panels

[@psychedelicpsychonaut28]

this is what already happened to mankind in this planet, that factory is just the smaller scale of what already happen world wide

[@Acts-kx2yj]

Can you imagine all the rapes and forced abortions and suicides that go on in these factories?

[@badpanda84]

Acts 1631 There was on case of suicide at Foxcom. the factory that makes computer chip for apple.. but that is about it. Why would the workers commit suicide. they have it good by chinese standards..

[@cup_and_cone]

women live in seperate barracks for this exact reason - they don't let them have sex

[@ignacionegretti]

it is impressive and terrifiying at the same time.

[@PurrincessDiana]

Anyone watching this because hugbees

[@TrueReview]

I have enjoyed this documentary on optimum RimWorld strats. I learnt a lot!

[@HikikomoriDev]

43:19 would had been nicer if they manufactured OEM BluRay drives or what not for data discs instead. Optical media makes great for archival product. As for music on optical media is not too much of a great thing even back then it was phased out.

[@hyrulcastle]

This is absolutely terrifying.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Modern slavery, and I am pro factory.

[@FXThug]

i watc this when im sad with my job

[@julzmax956]

Fuck. I have that cheap ass $10 iron. Well at least it still works after a few months.

[@kmjkmj2206]

To compete with "made in China", Europe may also build this similar factories with workers from emigrants who only demand safe living (wage only fraction of europe wage)... :)

[@Chloelol]

what the fuck

[@alwlad]

what is the profit margin for operation like these?

[@azgonz56]

fine publication! discovery usa can not do better than 360p publishing at best.

[@AngentPinkShoes]

George Mortimer Pullman did something like this and yeah he is a real popular guy.

[@jr540123]

Felt werid af seeing a well kept supermax mill. Things are rare but solid these days.

[@sszhao11]

factory looks decent, pretty well run, I'd say

[@alpzepta]

No Air Conditioning though

[@kavainscott2870]

The food looked good. I like Lee's story.

[@NoamElBaZ]

They are not slaves but they are a kind of zombies, loyal to the company, they mention loyalty all the time- its not an army

[@searcy95]

No Smiles Anywhere !

[@Dmub.]

Only people that are here for school can like this

[@mtdinoedits740]

Ok

[@adventureguy4119]

Their motorcycles are alright got me around

[@Overly_Hydrated]

We act and talk like we are treating workers better in this side of the world. But are we really?

[@Snarkbar]

The poor girl is actually paying the company "tuition" for the opportunity to do "hands on training" in hopes of one day getting a real job there? At least in the US when we had child labor the companies paid the kids, not the other way around!

[@omaior20]

so many ppl to make a toster that works only 2 days...

[@fernandocortes1187]

21:35 Díez y siete mil trabajadores en fabrica

[@ernieenesi2686]

call it what you will, but it works for the Chinese, more power to them.

[@iswish_41]

Modern slavery at its finest.

[@Orc-icide]

Show how little they pay these people though, and how they are always in debt to the company. "devote their lives to the company" I don't think they get to take holiday. They probably whip people for "thinking" about joining a union.

[@beckycoe803]

yo who is here in 2021?

[@chandlerbennett4287]

where does all that shit go!!!!!

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

+Chandler Bennett - To the landfill, eventually. It's cheap crap that fails, then people go buy another one. Rinse & repeat.

[@davids5884]

+Chandler Bennett Wal-Mart, because of lazy-assed, over priced Americans.

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

Yeah, I suspect that a lot of irons end up getting thrown away when they could be easily repaired. When an iron quits working, it's most likely the power cord has been bent so many times that the wires have separated near the base of the iron. It's usually a simple matter to open the base, unhook the wires, cut a few inches off the cord, and reattach it. Unless you are dropping the iron on a hard floor, that is probably the only thing that goes wrong with them. Also, if you don't use their water tank and instead just use a spray bottle with water in it, they will last a lot longer.

[@battery781]

Forget what they say and look at their physical appearances and that is all you need to see about how great their conditions are.

[@rodwallace6237]

A lot of these factories have closed