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Labor shortages, rising rents, falling sales

By Shi Jing in Wenzhou, Zhejiang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-03-28 07:40

Labor shortages, rising rents, falling sales

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It's early afternoon. The weather is getting warmer. The dusty roads in the shoemaking capital of China are empty except for a few teenagers in bizarre hairstyles and gaudy attire that make them look more like punk rockers than, well, jobseekers.

They aren't looking for jobs at nightclubs. There are none in this neighborhood of factories and more factories making shoes by the million.

Labor shortages, rising rents, falling sales

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