Future of Myanmar’s garment industry in peril
The sector is critical to Myanmar’s economy, which accounts for a third of its exports and employs 700,000 low-income workers
08 April 2021 - 17:08
Two years after opening his garment factory in Myanmar, Li Dongliang is on the verge of closing down and laying off his 800 remaining workers.
Business had been struggling because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but after a February 1 coup that sparked mass protests and a deadly crackdown, during which his factory was set alight amid a surge of anti-Chinese sentiment, orders stopped...
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