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A Year Without "Made in China" provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with... read more
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“"Are you and China getting back together?" she asks. She tells me that she tried recycling her old boyfriend back in college, but they didn't stay together long after the reunion. "Of course, we were never in as deep as you and China were." she says. "In our case, it wasn't meant to last." pg160”
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As many as 2 million Americans have lost their jobs to Chinese competition, but we still can't get enough of what China is selling.
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First Sentence edit
We kick China out of the house on a dark Monday, two days after Christmas, while the children are asleep upstairs.
Table of Contents edit
Farewell, my concubine
Red shoes
Rise and China
Manufacturing dissent
A modest proposal
Mothers of invention
Summer of discontent
Red tide
China dreams
Meltdown
The China season
Road's end.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sara Bongiorni (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780470116135
Page Count: 235
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780470116135
Page Count: 235
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 382.60951
Subjects edit
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › International
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Business & Investing › Marketing & Sales › Consumer Behavior
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Exports & Imports
- Books › Business & Investing › Popular Economics
- Books › Business & Investing › International
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