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A friend who has just returned from South China made some interesting revelations about how China manages to outprice everyone else in the market. “It could put Hitler’s labour camps to shame. The girls live on the premises, two-three dozen to a room in rows of four tiered beds. Up before dawn, they are at work by 5.30 and work through to midnight, or until they finish their daily quota, with three short breaks for breakfast, lunch and dinner, provided by the factory owner. It is worse than slave labour as the payment is minimal.” “What,” I asked, “about the U.S. Human and Labour rights concerns? It is very simple. There are a number of showcase units which are shown off whenever the Americans come, while work carries on apace elsewhere in the vast hinterlands of China. The show cases can be those of factories, tourist spots, administrative excellence, cooperative farms or whatever. Now, I find, we in India are following the China example. To attract foreign investment, we show off our...