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Behind Shanghai's Boom Is a Simple T-Shirt *

Apr 27th, 2005 · With the expiration of apparel quotas, China is expected to dominate the world T-shirt market. Many of those T-shirts are sewn in factories in and around Shanghai, China's busiest and fastest-growing city.

Keywords: city · world · China · factories · expired · Shanghai · shirts · apparel · quotas

Lesotho Textile Industry Feels Effect of New Trade Rules

Jan 31st, 2005 · New trade rules lifting quotas on garment exports are having an impact for many countries. One such country is the tiny African nation of Lesotho, where six factories have closed and some 6,000 workers have lost their jobs.

Keywords: national · country · countries · industry · jobs · workers · Africans · closings · factories · textile · lifting · quotas

Affirmative Action Foe Vows to Keep Fighting

Jan 22nd, 2005 · Ward Connerly is leaving the University of California's Board of Regents after 12 years. He helped lead a successful effort to end race-based admissions quotas in the state university system a decade ago. He says he will continue to work to end affirmative action.

Keywords: University · Affirms · admissions · University of California · Foe · quotas · Connerly · Board of Regents