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I'm from Prato. The Chineses do not produce fabrics in Prato, they just sewing clothes.

>There's a town near Florence called Prato that has a large population of Wenzhou Chinese. Most work in the textile industry.

That's exactly what the article is about :)

This was one of the best didn't read the articles I've seen in a while.

Prato is one of the most talked about because of the high contrast between irregular workers (wether legally resident or otherwise) working for the high margin high fashion industry, but there are a lot similar realities like these to be found everywhere.

I.E a big earthquake happened a while ago in romagna and the most surprising fact was that once the chinese sweatshop were evaquated the local pupulation found themselves almost outnumbered by them in certain areas.