World Sports Forum: China to continue as the world's factory

Rising labor costs in China are so far failing to erode the country's wide global leadership in apparel production but far-reaching economic and demographic trends could lead to more significant shifts in the coming years, according to several speakers at the packed World Sports Forum (WSF) in Munich last month.

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