My family's company tried to get involved in the sports-shoe industry a few years ago. Surely China can't have a comparative advantage in everything. One business we are still in is the tapioca starch business. China can't produce any tapioca starch because of climatic reasons. For both climactic and cultural reasons Southeast Asia will always be one of the major worldwide centers for tropical resort tourism.
China has few tropical or subtropical areas.
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