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![A pharmacy employee shows KN95 protective face masks that were made in China. Companies like Golden Pacific Fashion and Design in Shanghai, which used to sell curtains, have pivoted to making KN95 masks like these.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rtx7dm4p-6d870a3d3b2521efc309ddcebf6eedd437dd1ac0-scaled-e1588086664329-900x422.jpg)
‘It’s The Wild West’: To Meet Pandemic-Fueled Demand, Factories Turn To Making Masks
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global free-for-all for manufacturing protective equipment, especially face masks. Now factories that once produced curtains or other items are churning them out.
![At Shanghai's weekly "marriage market," parents advertise their unmarried adult children with signs taped to umbrellas. Chinese parents and the government are doing what they can to reverse the trend of falling marriage rates. The sign above the entrance reads: "Comprehensively manage the marriage market, maintain the order of the park together."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1452-3-f6d3d4722f92e89f3f855ef163e02f0e6558e9c1-e1533054674586-900x422.jpg)
WOUB • WORLD: China’s Marriage Rate Plummets As Women Stay Single Longer
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“Before, in China, you married to survive,” says a Shanghai magazine editor. “Now I’m living well by myself, so I have higher expectations in marriage.”
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5 Ways China May Try To Win A Trade War With The U.S.
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After President Trump unleashes new tariffs, China has a number of key U.S. imports — from soybeans to airplanes and iPhones — that it can choose to strike back against.