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TechCan the world compete with China’s automated ‘dark factories’?

Trump wants manufacturing jobs to return to the United States. CNN’s Mike Valerio visits a Chinese factory that operates with very few people and explores what such facilities mean for China’s job market and whether America can bring manufacturing jobs back.

CCNN 2026-10-17 11:00