{"id":357734,"date":"2026-07-02T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-made-in-china-went-global-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:00:31","slug":"how-made-in-china-went-global-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-made-in-china-went-global-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8216;made in China&#8217; went global | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1GlRQHjbYtY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How 'made in China' went global | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1GlRQHjbYtY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, all this week The Global Story is exploring the surprising and often hidden ways the US has shaped the modern world.  <\/p>\n<p>For decades in the US, \u201cMade in China\u201d signified a product that was cheap, poorly made, and, in some cases, produced through exploitative labour. But today, the label signifies something quite different in many American minds &#8211; state-of-the-art tech and luxury goods that even rival America, for arguably the first time in US history.   <\/p>\n<p>Often overlooked is the fact that China\u2019s ascendance as an economic superpower was far from inevitable. <\/p>\n<p>Today we speak to historian Elizabeth Ingleson to trace the evolution of the Made in China brand and to explore what responsibility the United States had for awakening its own economic rival.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #China #US<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n01:20 China&#8217;s economic rise<br \/>\n04:05 The Don King connection<br \/>\n07:00 Why did the US start buying products from China?<br \/>\n08:00 How did China become such a manufacturing hub?<br \/>\n14:00 What was America buying from China in the 1970s?<br \/>\n17:30 Why Apple is so reliant on China<br \/>\n22:00 What happens next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, all this week The Global Story is exploring the surprising and often hidden ways the US has shaped the modern world. 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