China 70
A look at China and trade as it marks 70 years of communist rule.
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The lucky migrant workers who get to retire in Beijing
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Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
While many people move away from the countryside for work, few of them are able to officially register in the cities.
China's struggling shoe components suppliers contemplate their futures
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Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
Three shoe component suppliers discuss the U.S.-China trade war and the changes they have seen in the last few decades.
The people who connect the China and U.S. markets
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Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
Darren Quon and James Gau worked in manufacturing before moving into the business of consulting and sourcing.
The Chinese manufacturers behind U.S. shoe brands
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Jennifer Pak
Oct 3, 2019
Shoe manufacturing shifted from Europe and the U.S., to Japan and Brazil, then to South Korea and Taiwan. Now, much of it takes place in mainland China.
The children of Chinese factory workers
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Jennifer Pak
Oct 2, 2019
As part of a series on Communist China’s 70th anniversary, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak and Shanghai bureau news assistant, Charles Zhang, spoke to people in the country’s shoe industry – the world’s biggest – about their achievements and challenges over the last few decades. You can read more stories from the China 70 series here. China’s […]