With covid 19 infecting millions across the world china is facing an unprecedented global backlash that could destabilise its reign as the world s factory of choice.
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Factory in guangzhou photo by gb314 bottom.
Guangzhou the capital of guangdong province became one of china s major ports and trading centers in the middle of the 18th century.
The world s factory china s prodigious exporters have some new tricks.
At least 100 million migrant workers from poor rural districts are seeking work in the cities according to chinese government figures.
The shift is causing many.
China s vast pool of cheap labour is a major reason for its success.
03 oct 2020 09 47 am ist nikita kwatra.
Photo by lim ck middle.
As growth has eased since 2012 with gdp growth slipping below 7 in 2015 businesses are now forced to consider the new normal of declining returns on capital diminishing cheap labour.
China s economy is at a significant crossroads as it enters 2011 with wages rising rapidly and the labor force particularly of migrant laborers starting to shrink.
The law of supply and demand tells us that since the supply of.
Wages are a fraction of those in the us and six times cheaper than mexico averaging about 40 us cents an hour for a factory worker.
China is the 2nd largest market for fast food icon mcdonald s starbucks has 3 400 stores in china on the way to 7 000 apple sold 52 billion worth of product to chinese consumers last year.
China is home to approximately 1 39 billion people which makes it the most populous country in the world.
Factory in huizhou guangdong photo by dcmaster.
China continues to be the most important hub of global value chains reuters can india replace china as the world s factory.
Demonstrated z green s self propelled lawnmowers to the background clang of the shop floor.