1.   And there are other costs, the Chinese factory owner says, like getting product out of the country.

2.   But Chinese factories also use it to make medicine and even a hard candy with a salty taste that is popular in West Africa, Wang said.

3.   Dell picked them on the strength of experience in assembling electronic parts in other Chinese factories.

4.   Ett now is working for a Chinese factory owner, David Li, whose family runs American Decorative Fabrics Corp. out of New York.

5.   Ewing said the Chinese factories were able to make pirated discs within days of the release of almost any major recording.

6.   Far from raising standards in China, many companies with Chinese factories producing goods for American consumers are engaged in a race to the bottom.

7.   For its part, the AFL-CIO said U.S. workers should be concerned about increased competition from low-paid Chinese factory employees.

8.   Jacobi said Levi Strauss would vigilantly monitor its new Chinese factories to make sure that they complied with the guidelines.

9.   Labor union officials say they expect a struggle with companies over the steps their Chinese factories should take to allow freedom of association.

10.   Like the hat factory outside Beijing, Chinese factories that would be pumping out coats and sweaters for the Russian market have a hard time keeping workers busy.