The days of endless cheap labour in the "workshop of the world" could be numbered as a shortage of workers and government fears of social unrest drive up wages in China. A spate of suicides at Taiwanese high-tech firm Foxconn and an unprecedented strike at Honda's auto parts factory in southern China *suggest that employers can no longer take their workforces for granted after decades of rapid growth.
[경제-중국] 중국, 저렴한 노동력의 시대 종식
Rising China wages to end cheap labour
중국 임금상승, 저렴한 노동력의 시대 종식
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The days of endless cheap labour in the "workshop of the world" could be numbered as a shortage of workers and government fears of social unrest drive up wages in China. A spate of suicides at Taiwanese high-tech firm Foxconn and an unprecedented strike at Honda's auto parts factory in southern China *suggest that employers can no longer take their workforces for granted after decades of rapid growth.