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Below, I have tried to write corrected versions of what you each wrote as the “gist” of the article we read last week.  In your opinion, which version is the best?

a.       Entrepreneurs deal with the cost of the production process.  If they find a location with lower costs, they move there.  The key point that I wish to make is that with increasing prosperity, Chinese workers want more pay, shorter hours and more benefits and so labour costs in China have grown and, as a result, some production is moving back to the developed world.

b.      There are some changes in the economic zone.  The wage costs are increasing in China and production is moving to other countries.

c.       Repatriation of production.  Usage of high technology in production reduces labour cost, and I think in future only robots will be used in production.

d.      Owing to rising labour costs in China, the global economy will have to face a new crisis in the information age.

e.      Rising wage costs led to production being moved to China.  Now, Chinese companies are searching for different production techniques, such as using robots in manufacturing.  This contributes to an increase in the standard of living.  However, the company’s standard product used to have a ten-year life cycle.

f.        It is explained that economic growth in China may be affected by a changing situation, with positive and negative effects on Chinese employment and big companies with factories in China.

g.       First of all, in the text, the writer mentions general economic transformations in China’s special economic zone.  He uses a method which goes from general to specific information.  I think that in the text there are some observations about Chinese wages and their various effects.            In China, economic process is boomeranging, which brings a harmful result from the intended good one.  Developed countries have advanced technology and some jobs are returning to developed countries.

i.         Firstly, the text says something about labour rights and this affects other processes of production.  The writer also gives some information and examples about his ideas.  Workers will want higher living standards, but they might not achieve them because of technology.