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Rise of robots puts pressure on 'world's factory'

China feels the heat as companies elsewhere repatriate manufacturing

Factory robots will play a key role at Adidas' cutting-edge German factory.

TOKYO -- Companies across the globe are reducing their reliance on China by adopting cutting-edge technology and bringing production back home, a trend that puts pressure on the country and other offshore manufacturing locations to modernize as well.

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