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Comment by tartoran

10 hours ago

It's the low cost of labor in addition to lack of environmental regulation that made China a success story. I'm sure the competition helps too but it's not main driver

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amunozo  10 hours ago

That happens in most of the world. Why China, then?

  • sarchertech  10 hours ago

    Because they have a billion and a half people and they were willing to be the western world’s factory.

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