Urban white-collar wages have risen fast – the average office worker in Shanghai who received the average annual pay rise every year for the past seven years has doubled their wealth.

而且，都市白领的工资上涨飞快——在上海，办公室白领过去七年平均每年都会加薪，如今，他们的收入已经翻了一番。

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In Dongguan, the local labor office has stepped in to pay some worker wages.

在东莞，地方劳动局已经开始负责给部分工人发放工资。

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Wages in Gurgaon are a small fraction of those of a back-office clerk in Newcastle or New York. That lowers costs for consumers.

古尔冈办公职员的工资只相当于纽卡斯尔或纽约工资的零头，这可以为客户们降低成本，但这也会增加工人们对于低工资以及工作向更廉价地区转移的忧虑。

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In other words, it has expenses such as wages, office supplies, rent, and the like.

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