[pasabagi]

I don't know if China's advanced, but I do know if you're making electronics, you want to be in China. Everything I order comes with about a month lead-time from Shanghai. They've also started making some really good electronics. Rapid prototyping is really important, and I think becoming more important all the time, since robotics is becoming both cheaper and better.

I haven't heard of anything 'pure tech', but there's a big network effect to having the world's electronics industry on your doorstep. If you're building a microscope, you don't have to wait for months for the parts to arrive. If you're building a new kind of centrifuge, you have a massive pool of great engineers who can do it for you, just a phonecall away.