| We don't go to China for cheap labour. We go for skills and manufacturing capacity & capability. China has advanced so dramatically and the population so vast that they've essentially overtaken the West in nearly every category. I think it was Tim Cook who said, when asked why the iPhone is made in China, that for every one American with the necessary engineering skills you could fill an entire football stadium with Chinese engineers. We barely make anything ourselves in the West. At this point we're just shells of our former selves, totally dependent on China and to a lesser extent other countries. Virtually everything has "Made in China" written on it, from your iPhone to that not-so-great random gadget you bought on Amazon. Meanwhile we're perpetually distracted by inane nonsense fads/infighting and dimwitted celebrity bullshit. The World is Made in China, we're just along for the ride. |