And trust me, it wouldn't have been honey. But it was the fact that the honey had an opportunity to really change the lives of those people and provide them with a living wage."

VOA: special.2009.06.29

The change in the minimum wage is going to be a change in the wages of perhaps 2%, maybe 1.5% of the entire labour force of the whole country.

FORBES: Greg Mankiw's Excellent Question: Why a $9 Minimum Wage? Why Not $90? Or 90 cents?

But pay freezes and wage cuts may soon change people's minds.

ECONOMIST: Inflation is bad, but deflation is worse

One key trigger of this change is rapid wage growth stemming from the emerging labor shortage.

FORBES: China, On The Road To High Income Country Status