Analyzing My Text's cultural setting

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In this post I analyze the text's cultural setting and answer questions that relate the text to it.
This article was written in March of this year and the author actually went to the border of North Korea and China where the factories are happening so she could interview the people there.

• What values, ideas laws etc. play an important role in the text?  The communist  belief of  " It's for the regime" plays a role in the text . as well as the idea of  a budding  North Korean capitalism and  the shady side of businesses in China as well as the international laws of sanctioning countries.

• Directly or Indirectly? The Text address these values directly through the use of interviews with Chinese businessmen that are working with the north Korean factories, the North Korean factory managers who say it's for their country , and other people who are involved with the businesses that are being ran on the border between China and North Korea. 

• Relationship of text to values and beliefs?  The text serves to emphasize these beliefs and shed light on these values in this text. The author writes to actually show the perspectives of people living and dealing with the businesses being ran on the border. The text even subtly undermines the U.S government . The title states "America's Misconceptions" and sort of undermines the sanctions the U.S placed on North Korea by having proof that although the citizens are poor the government is still having money funneled to them by North Korean factories under the guise of " Made in China" products, thereby subtly stating that the sanctions aren't as effective as America thinks.