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Life returns to the workshop of the world

By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent DONGGUAN, China – "It's been a rough year," Ben Schwall shouted above the rumbling furnaces of a giant Chinese glass factory. He watched as workers, blowing down long tubes, transformed blobs of molten glass in... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Thu, Sep 24 2009

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