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nytimes.com — China says that it has broken up a child labor ring that provided children
from poor, inland areas with work in booming coastal cities, acknowledging that
severe labor abuses extended into the heart of its export economy. The abuses
reflect the combined pressures of worker shortages, high inflation and a rising
currency that have reduced profit margins of some Chinese factories and forced
them to scramble for an edge — even an illegal one — to stay competitive.
