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To: Snowshoe who wrote (64225)6/14/2010 9:53:09 PM
From: pogohere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217825
 
and some of that spending power goes to those very same Chinese workers, who can better afford the stuff they produce



To: Snowshoe who wrote (64225)6/15/2010 2:08:16 AM
From: dybdahl  Respond to of 217825
 
Suicide in factories sometimes actually pays off - because some factories have paid a certain large sum to the family if the worker dies. Some factories have now cancelled this insurance payment in order to prevent suicides.



To: Snowshoe who wrote (64225)6/15/2010 10:39:39 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217825
 
China will move upmarket. That does not augur well for the OECD countries. They will come after the high skills high technology industries.

Labor intensive bits will be farmed out to where the labor will aplenty.

I have just discussed with Ping the issue at dinner. He said that the one-child policy will surely be changed.


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