We've said it before: Beijing is a dirty, dirty town. Babies without diapers, dogs without discretion, dust storms from the Gobi, over two hundred thousand taxi drivers, 118 Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets, endless epic-scale demolition (and construction) projects, and countless other causes for the proliferation of debris all add up to a level of filth that is uncommon in American cities today. Except maybe in New Orleans, but that's a special case.
So how does one keep all of Beijing's spanking-new skyscrapers gleaming? Apparently, you climb to the roof, throw a rope over the side, grab a bucket and squeegee, and try not to fall to your doom as you repel for less than one U.S. dollar an hour. It makes one wonder what Beijing's glass and steel monoliths will look like once minimum wage rises up to levels more suggestive of a society that values its labor force.
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