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Hat Styles Set in Ningpo China
In Ningpo a Chinese city 15 900 women workers under French designer M Maurand shape hat styles to be worn in Europe and America next year. Fibers from India Italy Madagascar and the Philippines feed the industry with bamboo silk wood shavings and delicate fibers. Women earn 30 to 40 cents daily for 12 to 16 hour shifts, regarded as the aristocrats of work in the region.
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