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Old 07-07-2010, 02:59 PM   #23
Maggie Leung
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Except, of course, that all of the prosperity and industrialization in China has occurred in the coastal regions, while there are still the better part of a billion people living in poverty in the interior. They'd be happy for those crappy, underpaid manufacturing jobs.
Yes, the story touched on that. Of course, the coastal areas were chosen because of transportation efficiencies and such.
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