Special report | Manufacturing
Still made in China
Chinese manufacturing remains second to none
AMID ALL THE excitement about high tech and the push into services, it is easy to forget that China’s modern economy was built on the strength of a solid and often low-tech manufacturing sector. Now manufacturing is widely thought to be in trouble. Factories are squeezed, labour costs are rising and jobs are being reshored to America. Competitors such as Germany are said to be leaving China behind by using robotics.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Still made in China”
From the September 12th 2015 edition
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