[wbraun]

It is a shame that almost all of the low cost PCB and PCBA services are in mainland China. I do a lot of work with hardware and given recent events I have been treating it as a moral imperative to find somewhere to have my PCBs fabricated that is outside the rule of the CCP. Everywhere else has been significantly more expensive.

I wonder what it would take to have a robust electronics prototyping industry in the west or in a less authoritarian part of asia.

[Makerfabs]

I think there're some reasons why China PCB/ PCBA cost-effective: 1. Labor cost: There’re thousands of factories in China, and the worker’s salary is much lower than in other countries. 2. Geographic location: Almost 99% of the PCB manufacturing is in Shenzhen, China, benefiting from the largest electronic market, local manufacture power, and convenient global logistic system, Shenzhen can do a good job on PCB with quick time, high quality and lower cost. 3.Government policy: The Chinese government gives many policy supports to factories on export trade.

And now Chinese PCB/ PCBA with good quality , fast delivery and good price, so China PCBA manufacturer is a good chooice.