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  1. China's Zombie Factories Provide Illusion of Work and Prosperity; Rebalancing Chinese Style

    by , 01-05-2015 at 07:22 AM
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    The Financial Times reports China Zombie Factories Kept Open to Give Illusion of Prosperity:

    In the shadow of a group of enormous smokestacks and abandoned foundries, a peeling sign welcomes visitors to the Wenxi Steel Industrial Park.

    Highsee stopped paying its 10,000 employees six months ago. Local officials estimate the plant supported indirectly the livelihood of about a quarter of Wenxi county’s population of 400,000. ...