A male worker works on a sewing machine at the factory of a textile company in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, Feb 19, 2011. After suffering heavy labor losses in recent months, female-dominated industries such as textile were forced to recruit male workers in hopes of cushioning themselves from an expanding labor shortage that has plagued China's industrial base along the eastern coast. (Xinhua/Liang Xiaopeng)