China's Rising Labor Costs Could Push Manufacturing Jobs To The U.S. – China Business

www.huffingtonpost.com — An interesting post from Huffington.
The journalist looks at the current trends in Chinese economics. The wages are growing, employees become more picky. He predicts that certain industries in China are close to reach the "tipping point". When this moment comes, the foreign companies will move manufacturing back home (or to other countries?).
Let's see what happens in 2015...

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