As China's demand for raw materials continues its economic and industrial operation will expand throughout the continent.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Certainly no other big industrial operation had anything like it.

WSJ: Henry Ford's Experiment to Build a Better Worker

'For people who were born and bred here like me, this used to be a very basic, simple thing to do, ' says Emma Beudert, 24, who manages the operation from a small industrial estate.

BBC: Escape from New York

Another response is to ditch adversarial industrial relations in favour of greater co-operation.

ECONOMIST: Trade unions

Kent Police said they may have to implement Operation Stack on Thursday because of the planned industrial action.

BBC: P&O ferry

On 16 May 1943, 617 Squadron flew in to attack dams in the industrial region of Germany using bouncing bombs, as part of Operation Chastise.

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