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title: What Took China So Long to Master Ballpoint Pens? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/what-took-china-so-long-to-master-ballpoint-pens/
date: 2017-11-21
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# What Took China So Long to Master Ballpoint Pens?

Despite making almost 40 billion ballpoint pens a year, until recently China was struggling to manufacture one component domestically.