China’s Exports Fall at Record Rate, Companies Sent Abroad to Attract Buyers

An employee works on an assembly line producing speakers at a factory in Fuyang city, in China's eastern Anhui Province on Nov. 30, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images

China’s manufacturing sector has significantly shrunk under the weight of strict zero-COVID policies and declining international demand.

In November, exports, the main source of foreign exchange for the ruling communist regime, plummeted at a record rate year-on-year.