Changzhou, China (CNN) -- This is a bustling, modern Chinese city. Shoppers decked out in the last fashions prowl shining new shopping malls. It's about two hours drive from the glamorous metropolis of Shanghai, yet it's fair to say very few people outside of China have heard of it. But now, Changzhou has landed right in the middle of a U.S political firestorm. It's all about jobs: American jobs shipped to China. And it goes all the way to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. In a thriving industrial area on the outskirts of Changzhou is a factory run by Sensata Technologies. It makes sensors for cars. Sensata is controlled by the private equity firm Bain Capital, and that is where Romney comes in.
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Sensata, a subsidiary of Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital, has a factory in China
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The group is shifting jobs from the United States to the Chinese plant
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Workers there say this is simple economics at work
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One of the employees says he doesn't know who Romney is
And although he left the company years before it bought @placeholder, he can't escape the political fallout.
Outside the @placeholder factory gates, we managed to catch a group of workers on their lunch hour.
The American flag flew proudly at the gates of the Sensata plant, but the facility is also a symbol of @placeholder economic power.
The Republican candidate has pledged to play hard ball with @placeholder during his campaign.
Back in Changzhou, workers say @placeholder's loss is their gain.