Confronted by angry workers in overalls or oilskins, he may think that he can save a factory or abolish fish quotas.

"Given a choice, I would never work in a mine," says Wang dressed in a pair of old jeans, white tennis shoes and a brown artificial leather jacket, dirt clogging his long fingernails.

Above, workers sit on a pile of jeans in a garment factory in Dadun village, Guangdong province, on Feb. 19.