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You make it sound like these factories are inflicted on them.  In fact, they are the source of China's growth and the rising incomes in it.  I think there is a misperception here.  Yes, they get paid less than us but they are doing much better than under the old economy.  Most of China was living in poverty, and these factory jobs give them a pretty good quality of life.  They are sending money back home, buying houses.  Wages and working conditions are going up.

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/chinese_factory_workers_cash_i.html

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Um, where to begin.  Yes, the factories with their pollution are inflicted on the poorest of the Chinese.  To say that they are doing better than under their old economy is debatable.   More income but also much more pollution, pollution and toxins that we in the US don't want to deal with.

The deveoped world is sending out work to China to be manufactured there, because it is cheaper because in China there aren't nearly as many environmental regulations to worry about.

We are taking advantage of them, and it is mostly the ruling elite in China that is getting the benefit of this arrangement -- not the rank and file workers.  Sure, hey get some more money, but they get a LOT of pollution.

That's not fair.[/quote]

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