China 70

While many people move away from the countryside for work, few of them are able to officially register in the cities.

Three shoe component suppliers discuss the U.S.-China trade war and the changes they have seen in the last few decades.

Darren Quon and James Gau worked in manufacturing before moving into the business of consulting and sourcing.

Shoe manufacturing shifted from Europe and the U.S., to Japan and Brazil, then to South Korea and Taiwan. Now, much of it takes place in mainland China.

As part of a series on Communist China’s 70th anniversary, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak and Shanghai bureau news assistant, Charles Zhang, spoke to people in the country’s shoe industry – the world’s biggest – about their achievements and challenges over the last few decades. You can read more stories from the China 70 series here. China’s […]