Imprimam bentos! (parte I)

Não acredito no Grande Planeador, seja ele português ou chinês.
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Interessante, no entanto, perceber as boas-intenções do governo chinês
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"Credit squeeze drives change at China’s SMEs":
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"Rather than facing a widespread credit squeeze, the SME sector is undergoing a painful process of restructuring. Capital is being funnelled towards high-tech and green energy-related companies at the expense of traditional low-end manufacturers.
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In Wenzhou, China’s SME heartland, many of the shoe and clothing factories are indeed struggling.
“During the financial crisis, there were no orders. Now, there are orders but no one dares to fulfil them because it is impossible to get credit from banks,”
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Mr Zhou says at least 20 per cent of Wenzhou’s SMEs – there are 360,000 in the city – have already cut back operations or closed their doors this year. State media have carried reports of cash-strapped SMEs borrowing from underground lenders at annualised rates of 60 per cent.
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Instead, interviews with local factory managers, investors and bankers reveal a city in the midst of fundamental change in what it produces, with the government prodding companies to make more sophisticated products as rising wages undermine the low-cost model of manufacturing. (Moi ici:Imprimam bentos! É mais fácil imprimir bentos do que fuçar por uma alternativa) A lack of financing, they say, is a symptom and not a cause of the troubles facing traditional industries.
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“The government is trying to bring about change and is supporting high-tech sectors. We are no longer the kind of company it wants,” says a manager at a factory owned by Yibaini Shoes, a small maker of cheap women’s shoes, where workers’ salaries have tripled in the past five years."
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Trechos retirados daqui.
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BTW,
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"“There are lots of people who can no longer make money off shoes, and so they’re taking their money out of the industry to invest in property. The money comes in so much more quickly,” she said." (Moi ici: You are going to be sorry... os portugueses não são nem mais burros nem diferentes dos outros, reagem aos estímulos com mentalidade de jogador de bilhar amador)