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China Can Afford Dearer Oil. Can Its Factories?

China’s export earnings and vast financial reserves provide a cushion against the Middle East energy crisis. But smaller manufacturers face a harder calculation as rising costs meet customers unwilling to pay more, exposing the uneven strength of the world’s industrial powerhouse.

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