zhang min says it takes nearly a month to make some of the bags in her shop and that people like themfollowing covid restrictions, she says she has lost so much money she can barely pay the rent. many small businesses in china are onlyjust hanging in there. and there are a lot which couldn't make it through the crisis. the greater the exposure to the international economy, the worse it can be. for decades, china's economic miracle was built on being the world's factory, but this country's zero covid strategy has made this country unreliable suppliers in the eyes of overseas buyers. this place is known as a hub for the clothing industry, but here many warehouses are now empty. this factory, for example, lost a whole season of production because of the covid lockdown. they said they had no way of making this money back. the managers are aware of plenty of other businesses in this town which closed for good this year. they are getting ready to talk to us about this on camera when a man comes in and starts filming us. he then goes and speaks to the boss. there will be no interview. after