China's ambition, U.S. retreat on show in Serbian factory town
Monday, July 17, 2017
SMEDEREVO, Serbia -- A giant Chinese red flag flutters on a pole where an American flag used to fly at a steel mill in this dusty industrial Serbian town. The company logos of U.S. Steel are faded on the huge chimneys' stacks, replaced by those of a Chinese company.
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