Why Apple Makes iPhones In China And Why The US Is Screwed

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17. The reasons given for Apple's move to China are specious.

My comments about the "real" reasons given for Apple's move to China are:

1. The supply chain of parts is in China because multinationals such as Apple moved them there. The parts used to be made in the US.

2. China's factories are bigger and more nimble than those in the US because, instead of building more up-to-date factories in the US, the multinationals chose to build them in China.

3. China has more "appropriately-qualified" engineers than the US because a college education in the US is extremely expensive and the jobs available for US engineers have been declining precipitously for the past 20 years. Why bother.

I worked for a company that brought Chinese engineers over here to teach them the business prior to building a factory in China. They may have had credentials, but I was not impressed with their capability.

4. The last reason given, that "China's workforce is much hungrier and more frugal", translates into "they are more desperate for work, will work long hours for low pay in environmentally bad working conditions, and won't ever question their situations or their bosses' orders." In other words, the Chinese workers will acquiesce to their condition of servitude.