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Invisible ChinaScott Rozelle, Natalie Hell

Invisible China

Scott Rozelle, Natalie Hell
2020248 pages
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"Twenty years ago, seemingly everything for sale at American retailers had a "Made In China" sticker on it. Now, things have changed. Every year, forty thousand Chinese factories are shuttering their doors as businesses seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Clothes manufacturing is moving to Bangladesh and Vietnam, for example, and shoes to Ethiopia. The exodus is well underway. Even as American commentators fret over "rising China," the real threat lies in a virtually unknown story: that of a nation struggling amid a profound economic transition away from manufacturing. The culprit? Profound…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2022
    University of Chicago Press · 9780226824017
  • Other · English · 2020
    University of Chicago Press · 9780226740515
  • Other · English · 2020
    University of Chicago Press · 248 pages · 9780226739526
Economic historyEconomic developmentRural-urban relationsRural poorEqualityEducationRegional disparitiesHealth