Each of China's provinces, autonomous regions and special administrative regions contributed a float.

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Minimum wages have risen by an average of nearly 22% in the two-thirds of China's provinces which have adjusted them this year.

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When the biggest names in boxing talk about the future of the sport, they point to a soft-spoken man who weighs only a little over 100 pounds and hails from one of China's poorest provinces.

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But as China's coastal provinces -- which were first opened for Western-style economic reform in 1979 -- grow more expensive, more companies are moving factories into rural areas, sparking a new wave of development and giving workers more options closer to home.

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