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Workers packing ice-skating shoes at a manufacturing factory in the ice and snow sports equipment industry park in Zhangjiakou, in northwestern China's Hebei province, Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Empty shelves for the holidays? Chinese suppliers face ambiguous global supply chain amid pandemic restrictions

September 8, 2021Business, Economics and Jobs

Every year around this time, factories in China are finishing up orders and sending them across the world to arrive in time for the holiday shopping season. But this year, they may run out of time.

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