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China Threatens Afghanistan's Burqa Market
News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:05 AM EST
Article Source: The Washington Postadvertisement
Since China's entrance into the burqa market, Ali Ahmad speculates that 300 families have lost their jobs. "The Chinese have special machines that produce the entire burqa in a few minutes," said Ali Ahmad, "We can't compete with that." The sewing machines his family uses are all hand-operated, although they're cheap to buy at $100 dollars per machine. The Chinese sewing machines cost $4000. "No one can afford to buy that sort of machine in Afghanistan," said Ali Ahmad. "Soon all our burqas will be made in China," he says.
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{"commentId":1436448,"authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}
Didn't see that one coming. I expect a cleric will issue a WTO fatwa on this one.
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#1 - Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:06 AM EST{"commentId":1436459,"authorDomain":"Navigator"}
Well they will sell any thing to every thing.....you tell them they will make it...
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- 3 votes
#2 - Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:16 AM EST{"commentId":1436471,"authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}
Someone put a tail on Osama's tailor.
{"commentId":1436471,"threadId":"214115","contentId":"1278596","authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}
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{"commentId":1436493,"authorDomain":"O-K"}
I suppose that the logical option of just stop wearing them will not be considered.
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- 3 votes
#3 - Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:42 AM EST{"commentId":1438096,"authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}
I'm waiting for the Taliban to threaten to murder any woman who wears a burqa with a "Made in China" label.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1439246,"authorDomain":"O-K"}
that could happen but the Chinese probably have some made in Afghanistan labels.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1439280,"authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}
I can only imagine how they'd foul up the translation. Ever watch Leno's 99-cent stuff?
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1439348,"authorDomain":"O-K"}
I have never watched Leno but have read some translations of Chinese into English, some of which were very strange.
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- 2 votes
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