Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: RealMuLan who wrote (3734)	11/22/2004 5:32:43 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6370

[China has already been blamed to take jobs from workers in developed countries, and now these guys are trying to blame China for taking jobs from sweatshops of other developing countries?? Whose fault is this?? Has China become a too easy scapegoat? And does it help to blame China for everything?? "Worldwide textiles shake-up to outsource even sweatshops" By Peter S. Goodman and Paul Blustein The Washington Post PETER S. GOODMAN / THE WASHINGTON POST First of two parts AMPARA, Sri Lanka — Wild monkeys and Buddhist shrines outnumber any signs of industry, and rampaging elephants are not uncommon. The closest port lies seven hours away, down a rutted road. Yet here in the jungle of this small island nation in the Indian Ocean, the Daya Apparel Export factory and others like it churn out pants for American Eagle Outfitters, A-line skirts for the Gap and bras for Victoria's Secret. "If I didn't have this job, we wouldn't have enough to eat," said Mohammed Ismail Mazeela, 20, one of 2,000 women from surrounding villages who work at the plant. seattletimes.nwsource.com