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Basing your business and basing your production are quite different. Apple has likely done the math on the cost of their relations with their manufacturer going belly up against the additional savings from having their production done in china.

I don't know that you could say Apple is based anywhere. Their offices are in the US, they have finances in Ireland (I think?), and their production is in China. They just put stuff where it's cheapest and drawdown is minimized in the event of a catastrophe. It's all thought out, I'm sure.