[Coco] [OT] ChinaMart (Was: off-topic, space program)

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Neil

Europe, Japan and the US can't set factories up in China fast 
enough. WIth over 170 million unemployed workers in China labor 
is dirt cheap. $1.00 a day is about the going rate right now. Get one 
person to make 300 widgets per day and your labor cost is 1/3 of a 
cent per unit. Basically nonexistant.

>From what I have been told Motorola has already spent more than 
10 billion dollars and maybe closer to 20 billion in facilities in China 
over the last five to six years. Other US companies are leveraged 
nearly that much also. They are tripping over themselves toget 
setup and started.

james



On 15 Jan 2004 at 10:32, Neil Morrison wrote:

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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Collyer" <johncollyer at zoominternet.net>
> 
> 
> > We need to stay ahead of the Chinese in technology.
> > They already took all our factory type jobs.
> > If I go into Wallmart everything I see being sold there says, "Made
> in
> > China" on it.
> 
> It's not just the USA. When I was in the UK I came across some of the
> UK made appliances I used to repair in New Zealand. They all say "Made
> in China" now. Also, the UK used to make great toys. A little weird at
> times, but unique. That whole industry is gone now.
> 
> NM
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