It's an open secret that many higher standard factories often sub-contract orders to these sweat-shops to keep costs down and meet customer's deadlines.
However, Thursday's HSBC data showed exports had stabilised in January, with the export orders sub-index rising to 50.1 - indicating fractional expansion - up from 49.2 in December.
In the HSBC's latest data, sub-indexes tracking new orders and new export orders both showed the pace of growth accelerating in March, indicating a sustained recovery in the sector.
Of our social institutions, very few survive from that long ago: the Catholic Church (and various orders and sub-groups within it), the Japanese Monarchy, and so on.