Five months into the new trading regime, one of its expected effects, the great Chinese garment boom, has come to pass in spades (see article).

ECONOMIST: China has won; but so far, South Asia has not lost

But now, rising Chinese wages are creating opportunity for people from Bangladesh to Indonesia, and even Mexico and Honduras as they start to fill in the ranks of garment workers left vacant by Chinese people becoming service workers, such as auto mechanics, auto part sellers and car salesmen.

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Chinese companies have been investing in electronics, infrastructure projects, garment-making, and much else.

ECONOMIST: Brotherly love, massive aid and no questions asked

No, there is voraciousness to the Chinese dragon that commands attention from the policy councils of Washington to the energy fields of Kazakhstan to the garment districts of Africa.

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