In case you missed it... NYT on China and manufacturing focused on Apple

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?hp

Apparently, there are two more articles in the series. Articles are
obviously a little bit slanted in order to be captivating and because
it's the new york fucking times, but they are still serious food for
thought.

Even though it's god awful expensive compared to China, I choose to
manufacture all of the PCBs in the USA and (so far) have kept all the
assembly in the USA too. I'm still at the mercy of the supply chain
for manufacturing of semiconductors and just about anything else, I do
what I can.

Many of the things we learn about at the hive represent the kind of
skills that China clobbers the US on. Interesting in other ways, too.

Read, enjoy, discuss. :slight_smile:
-Dave B.