Pat Tong
@patrtong.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Daily forays wielding a marker.
Daily drawing, 11/21/25. Harbin. "How'd the picture of me holding this retro snack come out?"
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Daily drawing, 11/21/25. Harbin. "How'd the picture of me holding this retro snack come out?"
Daily drawing, 11/20/25. Shandong. The older guy he was working with was cracking him up.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Daily drawing, 11/20/25. Shandong. The older guy he was working with was cracking him up.
Reposted by Pat Tong
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Daily drawing, 11/19/25. Jinzhou.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Daily drawing, 11/19/25. Jinzhou.
Daily drawing, 11/18/25. Dog sketches.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Daily drawing, 11/18/25. Dog sketches.
Daily drawing, 11/17/25. -20° in Shenyang in front of the Rolling Donkey pastry cart.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Daily drawing, 11/17/25. -20° in Shenyang in front of the Rolling Donkey pastry cart.
Daily drawing, 11/16/25. Sports Basement people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Daily drawing, 11/16/25. Sports Basement people.
Daily drawing, 11/16/25. The Sports Basement, Berkeley.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Daily drawing, 11/16/25. The Sports Basement, Berkeley.
Daily drawing, 11/15/25. Shanxi.
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Daily drawing, 11/15/25. Shanxi.
Daily drawing, 11/14/25. Shenyang.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Daily drawing, 11/14/25. Shenyang.
Daily drawing, 11/13/25.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Daily drawing, 11/13/25.
Reposted by Pat Tong
Every location has a picket line in front of it. Don’t cross the line.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Every location has a picket line in front of it. Don’t cross the line.
Daily drawing, 11/12/25. It's hot in Chongqing.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Daily drawing, 11/12/25. It's hot in Chongqing.
Daily drawing, 11/11/25. My latest Japanese silly-show fave.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Daily drawing, 11/11/25. My latest Japanese silly-show fave.
Daily drawing, 11/10/25. Chongqing.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Daily drawing, 11/10/25. Chongqing.
Daily drawing, 11/9/25. Dongcangmen market in Xi'an.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Daily drawing, 11/9/25. Dongcangmen market in Xi'an.
Daily drawing, 11/8/25. Rita Sapunor, Diego Gomez, Gaia WXYZ, and Jon Macy on a panel at the Berkeley Comic Con.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Daily drawing, 11/8/25. Rita Sapunor, Diego Gomez, Gaia WXYZ, and Jon Macy on a panel at the Berkeley Comic Con.
Daily drawing, 11/8/25. Sean Chiki and Klara Brinkman on a panel at the Berkeley Comic Con.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Daily drawing, 11/8/25. Sean Chiki and Klara Brinkman on a panel at the Berkeley Comic Con.
Daily drawing, 11/7/25. Chengdu.
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Daily drawing, 11/7/25. Chengdu.
Daily drawing, 11/6/25.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Daily drawing, 11/6/25.
Daily drawing, 11/5/25.
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Daily drawing, 11/5/25.
Daily drawing, 11/4/25. Eating crystal cake in Xi'an.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Daily drawing, 11/4/25. Eating crystal cake in Xi'an.
Daily drawing, 11/3/25. Lanzhou...flour or tofu skin?
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Daily drawing, 11/3/25. Lanzhou...flour or tofu skin?
Daily drawing, 11/2/25. Come to Xi'an, try the most delicious chicken feet before buying.
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Daily drawing, 11/2/25. Come to Xi'an, try the most delicious chicken feet before buying.
Daily drawing, 11/1/25. Hangzhou flower umbrella and hula hoop vendor.
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Daily drawing, 11/1/25. Hangzhou flower umbrella and hula hoop vendor.