Early this year, southern China suffered from shortages of workers and shoe factories were discouraging orders of boots or any other product that required lots of work and materials.

• 今年早些时候，中国南部诸省遭遇了工人短缺的问题，而制鞋厂也减少接受诸如靴子及其他需要大量人工、材料的订单。