Michael Schuman, China, Long Accused of Stealing Jobs, Now Appears to Be Losing Them Instead; A slowing economy, rising pay and rivals take a toll. New York Times, July 24, 2016.
Excerpt in the window of print: Stealing Jobs No Longer[:] Although Republican presidential nominee Donald J Trump has accused China, with its large pool of cheap labor, of stealing American jobs, workers there are actually losing jobs
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(a) "That combination has pushed wages for Chinese factory workers higher. Their monthly pay now averages $424, 29 percent more than just three years ago, the Japan External Trade Organization has estimated."
Japan External Trade Organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_External_Trade_Organization
(JETRO; 日本貿易振興機構; an independent government agency as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka; function: Japan's efforts in export promotion)
(b) "Stella International [Holdings Ltd 九兴控股有限公司], a footwear manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong that makes shoes for Michael Kors, Rockport and other major brands, closed one of its factories in China in February and shifted some of that production to plants in Vietnam and Indonesia. TAL 香港联业制衣有限公司, another Hong Kong-based manufacturer that makes clothing for American brands including Dockers and Brooks Brothers, plans to close one of its Chinese factories this year and move that work to new facilities in Vietnam and Ethiopia. * * * Last year, China’s market share of apparel exports to America declined, while countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh gained, according to a March report from the Fung Business Intelligence Centre 冯氏集团 利丰研究中心, a Hong Kong-based research outfit that specializes in supply chain and sourcing issues."