One of the hot China business stories this year has been the plight of the nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers. Not only have rising costs for everything from labour to land eaten into profit margins, particularly on the eastern seaboard, but the rising yuan and the global credit crunch have also eaten into export orders and sales revenues.Many...

It has been a largely forgettable year for garment makers after credit woes in key export markets ate into new orders. But as China Business News reports, the domestic market is picking up the slack