Apropos of this discussion. The most significant change in China's employment isn't the loss of manufacturing jobs -- it's the shift away from farming (primary sector) toward services (tertiary sector).
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Gerard DiPippo
@gdp1985
Replying to @GlennLuk
The service sector is indeed where the new jobs are. But I don't think the decline in manufacturing was that severe, at least if you believe official data. The latest industrial survey has manufacturing employment at 123 million. In 2009, the entire secondary sector (mining,
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