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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (1865)	12/10/2003 12:47:10 PM
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Christmas In China = $$$ Much Of Santa's Trappings Produced By Migrant Chinese Factory Workers December 10, 2003 By PETER S. GOODMAN, Washington Post SHENZHEN, China -- Zhang Guozhong is not very clear on the particulars of the global phenomenon known as Christmas, something he had never even heard of back when he was growing up in this city in southern China. The religious significance escapes him entirely. Though he now recognizes the portly man in the red suit, he has yet to figure out what he does. But in one key regard Zhang ranks as a veritable expert. He knows that hundreds of millions of people around the world annually surrender vast sums in the name of Christmas celebration. And he and thousands of other entrepreneurs have proved skillful at capturing an increasingly large share of the spoils. On the concrete floors of Zhang's Shuitou Co. factory, migrant workers, most earning about $100 a month, squat in front of hissing machinery as they melt chips into moldable plastic, pulling levers by hand to squeeze out Christmas tree ornaments. ctnow.com