Which one is it?
I am confused as to what is expected of China. Major companies moved to China from all over the world because China had cheap labor and the dollar was worth a lot more. Now, when China is actually trying to beef up on labor laws, and the dollar is not as valuable as it used to be, companies are relocating out of China heading to Vietnam, where the government "isn't so strict." This is nonsense to me. I don't live in China, but I'm confused for them. Should they continue to risk the health and lives of their citizens to keep large businesses and corporations in their country, or should they continue to modernize with the rest of the world, enforcing harsher labor and environmental laws and lose billions of dollars that they have become dependent on to help boost their economies to one of the fastest growing economy in the world. One can't have it both ways, either I want to buy my Nikes and Coach purses for cheaper prices, and disregard some of the unhealthy work conditions some face, or I want to pay unthinkable prices to look nice, so that Chinese people can have the opportunity to live as healthy as me. I'd be considered inhumane not to respect and protect other's health, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't enjoy the prices I currently pay for my products that are "Made in China."
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