Recruiters from clothing factories look for labourers skilled in making clothes on a street in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

A man (L) talks to a recruiter who looks for labourers skilled in making clothes on a street in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

Recruiters from clothing factories look for labourers skilled in making clothes on a street in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman works on a clothing production line at a small workshop in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers produce clothes at a small workshop in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

A recruiter (C) from a clothing factory looking for labourers skilled in making clothes holds up a clothing sample on a street in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

Recruiters from clothing factories look for labourers skilled in making clothes on a street in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of the city's skyline and residential buildings along a canal in an urban village in Guangzhou, on southern China's Guangdong province on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)