> Wouldn't the US exploiting asymmetric labor wages, rights, and conditions be the even bigger story? Yes, but "the US" is reductive. The exploitation wasn't d

> Wouldn't the US exploiting asymmetric labor wages, rights, and conditions be the even bigger story? Yes, but "the US" is reductive. The exploitation wasn't done by the towns having their tentpole industries shipped overseas, it was done by the people shipping them overseas and pocketing the profit. US capital owners made a deal with the Chinese Communist Party that was good for both of them and bad for the US.