An Egyptian seamstress works at the Chinese-owned Nile Textile ...

An Egyptian seamstress works at the Chinese-owned Nile Textile ...
AFP
Sun Nov 8, 6:57 PM ET

An Egyptian seamstress works at the Chinese-owned Nile Textile Group factory in the free zone of Port Said, 220 kms northeast of Cairo. With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home.

(AFP/Khaled Desouki)

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