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674,879 is how many Chinese are in Japan. Many come as students and then end up working in service industries and even in factories. It’s still a tiny fragment of the overall work force, but they’re becoming more visible. Amidst the islands dispute, the Chinese work force in Japan, is still going on. (NY Times – China)
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Yes the four 1′s mean you’re all alone. Singles day is an alternative to Valentine’s Day and on 11.11, people take to shopping online and has become perhaps the largest shopping day on the planet thanks to the 180 million adult singles. Also leave it to some of the clever Chinese businesses. A “Singles Day”, becomes a huge business. (VagabondJourney – 11.11)
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Perhaps it’s the last thing people want to see in China, but it’s The Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center. It’s not a huge place, but it has 300 pieces on display. The work has gone on to inspire artists around the world including “you know who” who got in trouble for using an image that wasn’t his. In a country so large that was dominated by Communism, these posters are probably still sitting around in the country sides untouched. This is the story on NPR. (NPR – Chinese Propaganda)
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How? Inventory management. They’re not flooding the market like Nike has, which means, Nike spent a lot opening doors, and perhaps it’s Adidas who have then swept in with the right amount of goods to meet the right demands. It doesn’t make Adidas better, but since in the end, Nike is the global brand. (WSJ – Adidas)
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Seeing the playing card factory workers in China is a good look into how they probably all have to work. Some of the others are like sideshows, but imagine packing cards that fast all day, every day. This why labor is cheap. One Billion plus, mostly poor, and when one drops out there are plenty to take their place. The World’s Fastest Workers Video – Watch More Funny Videos
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