Slave-Pods!!!

This article appeared today on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5079590.stm

You could look at this article as ammunition for the anti-globalization movement, arguing that these people are forced to work as slaves by "the dull compulsion of the market." The standard rebuttal to this argument is that undesirable jobs are better than no jobs, and that these people could find other jobs if they so pleased. But can the Chinese find other jobs if they so please? Or does the Chinese government tell Chinese people where they can work? Anyone know?