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From:	Millie (75.107.205.203)
Subject:	China
Date:	May 8, 2008 at 7:21 pm PST

Percent of the world's umbrellas made in China: 70
Percent of the world's buttons made in China: 60

Percent of U.S. shoes made in China: 72
Percent of U.S. kitchen appliances made in China: 50

Percent of the unsafe toys recalled in the U.S. in 2007, including Thomas the Tank Engine, that were made in China: 100

Number of months a Chinese factory worker would need to work to earn the cost of a Thomas the Tank Engine train set: 6

Pollution and cancer rates have risen to unheard of levels. Wuxin is one of the many "cancer villages," a new term to the area.

Source: May 2008 National Geographic

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