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The US auto industry is in big trouble. China now makes 75 percent of all electric vehicles sold anywhere on earth. US automakers make around 5 percent. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

China has both minimum wage (https://www.china-payroll.com/2026/01/09/china-updates-minimum-wage-standards-across-multiple-provinces-2025-overview/)

China has no federal minimum wage. And what cities and provinces do have one, it's way lower than anything in the west. Your own article confirms this, although I'd like a more reliable source than "china-payroll".

and worker’s unions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_relations_in_China). The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is the largest union in the world.

Did you even read the article you posted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_relations_in_China#Slave_labor

The people do not own or control this "worker's union" any more than they have a say in what happens in the Party.

Do you also believe America is a functioning democracy? Because if you believe these country's propaganda lines, I have some stuff to sell you.