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China’s emergence as a key exporter to the world has relied on low-wage and unskilled or semiskilled labor and industrial clustering. The apparel industry exemplifies this export-oriented development model. Production and employment have become heavily concentrated in the coastal regions of east and southeast China.
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Zhu, S., Pickles, J., He, C. (2017). Geographical Dynamics and Industrial Relocation: Spatial Strategies of Apparel Firms in Ningbo, China. In: Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China. Springer Geography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53601-8_3
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