Mary Kay Magistad

Mary Kay Magistad has been The World's Beijing-based East Asia correspondent since 2002, focusing especially on a rapidly changing China and the impact of China's rise on the region and the world.

China Factories Feel Pinch of Slowing Economy

September 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Idle store assistants in Dongguan waiting for customers. (Photo: Mary Kay Magistad)

Idle store assistants in Dongguan waiting for customers. (Photo: Mary Kay Magistad)

China’s economy is slowing down, and that’s having a big impact on factory towns that relied on cheap manufacturing.

The World’s Mary Kay Magistad visits a hard-hit garment-making district in Guangdong province.

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2 comments for “China Factories Feel Pinch of Slowing Economy”

http://www.facebook.com/christopher.travers Christopher Travers

Mary Ann – the factory workers were not LAYING on piles of cloth – they were LYING there. If they were producing an egg they might be laying – but then and only then.
http://www.facebook.com/christopher.travers Christopher Travers

Mary Kay – the factory workers were not LAYING on the piles of cloth – they were LYING there. If they were producing an egg they might be laying – but then and only then.