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The epidemic has laid bare a central problem for manufacturers: China’s tight grip on supply networks By Jon Emont and Chuin-Wei Yap March 8, 2020 104 pm ET The novel coronavirus is laying bare a central problem for the global manufacturing industry: China’s shadow has grown so long that even industries that have shifted production beyond the country can’t wriggle free of its grip on supply networks. A year and a half ago, a lingerie manufacturer set up a factory in eastern Bangladesh as part of a push to move production away from China due to rising labor costs and...