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In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

This documentary sidesteps traditional political lecturing to capture the friction of a globalized economy through the quiet interactions of factory floor workers. Watching the collision of Chinese manufacturing efficiency and American labor traditions provides a startlingly intimate look at the cost of progress.

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