University of Delaware: Detecting China’s Changing Role in Apparel and Textile Sourcing
by Christina Lee on February 18th, 2009
While stirring up many cries for fair trade practices over the past few years, China has become a notorious source for cheap apparel and textile production. But as other countries – namely Vietnam and Cambodia – rise in hopes of seizing its industry role, China’s growth rate has finally slowed down. This change is now the subject of the third and latest issue of FIBER, a bi-annual online magazine created by the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, while funded by the U.S. Department of Education. “Although China is the world’s largest supplier of apparel items, accounting... Read more »