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Monday, April 2, 2012

''Why China’s sewing machines could go silent''

From Globe and Mail


............"Meanwhile, costs of production are rising. China’s southern manufacturing belt is facing labour shortages. Wages are beginning to rise, after employees fed up with low pay and often terrible working conditions began staging successful walkouts. And China’s central government is placing an increasing focus on clean technologies, in an effort to address the impact of severe pollution caused by poorly regulated manufacturing. It’s good news for the workers’ own buying power, and much-needed for the battered environment, but it means the days of China as the bargain-basement manufacturer to the world are numbered."


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