Chinese work ethic outdoes Americans
Sunny K Park • October 10, 2023

Your editorial on the first business day of 2005 is a disappointment (“Chinese new year,” Jan. 3).
I am frustrated by the loser’s attitude I see among young, healthy Americans. Attitude is an effective strength China has over us. The Chinese work many more hours than Americans, who play many more hours than the Chinese.
Our trade deficit will never be fixed until all Americans start working as many or more hours than the Chinese. I fear we may have to read the same editorial every year.
SUNNY K. PARK, Atlanta

November 2, 2022 Atlanta - Portrait of Sunny K. Park, founder of General Building Maintenance, at his office in the building on Presidential Parkway, where he was hired for his first maintenance contract, on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Sunny is 80-years-old and has lived a life of wanting to serve others. He came to the U.S. from Korea in the 1970s and later started a maintenance company to employ 12 people who needed work. He recently sold the company which is now in 23 cities with more than 3,000 employees. He still has an office in the building on Presidential Parkway where he was hired for his first maintenance contract. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)


