CHINA. Guangzhou, Guangdong. 1996. In light of the government policy that limits families to just one child, in order to hold down the country's population of 1.2 billion, it is probably no surprise to learn that China is the world's largest producer of condoms. There are production plants in all the important cities, but the Guangzhou No.11 Rubber Factory is among the largest in China. The only manual operation in the plant is the one seen here, and even this process will soon be automated.