Mon Cheri Bridals, an American boutique that designs and sells high-end gowns made mainly in China, has been buffeted by waves of bad news coming out of China: worker and energy shortages, port delays and soaring freight costs.
"Whatever is in the newspapers is true," Mr Stephen Lang, the boutique's chief executive, told The Straits Times. "We're still going through the rapids."
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