The Sunday NY Times Magazine reports on the industrial mobilization of
China. A wealth of intriguing factoids: 15 managers for 5000 workers
typical in a Chinese factory; 12% of China's trade with the US ends up
at Walmart; Walmart's share of the Chinese GDP is 1%; out source all
the jobs in the US to China and China still has a labor surplus; the
estimated error (undercount) in the official Chinese census is roughly
the population of France, Germany, and the UK combined; more than 100
cities with a population of 1,000,000 or more; 162,000 kilometers of
road under construction or in planning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/magazine/04CHINA.html-- rec --
[Brought to you by my Chinese built laptop bought at Sam's Club.]
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