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Our Made-in-China world
On yet another scorching London morning Jane wakes up to the tinkling tunes of Berlioz on her DAB radio, designed in the UK, made in China. Unwilling to face the day quite yet, she burrows down into blue and white-striped sheets, purchased at IKEA, made in China. The temptation of an ice cold cup of green tea, grown and packaged in China, coaxes her out of bed and she pads out to the kitchen in bright pink UGG slippers and white cotton pyjamas which are both, as you might have guessed, made in China. She stirs the tea with a steel spoon, made in China, and flips on a made-in-China fan. The iPhone she reads her news on, that’s made in China, and she’s considering buying an electric car: designed, assembled and made in China. You see where I’m going with this, I’m sure. And, of course, there’s nothing new or groundbreaking about me telling
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