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Chinese take over textiles in Tuscany

Angelo van SchraikAugust 7, 2014

Prato is the second largest city in Tuscany and home to around 25 thousand Chinese - that's about 11% of the population. It's one of the largest Chinese communities in Europe. Most of the Chinese in Prato work in illegal sweatshops for the textile industry in pretty bad conditions. But now, Italians, fed up with so much illegal competition are fighting back. Angelo van Schaik reports from Prato.

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