▲ 27 ▼ Major PC makers are shifting production back to China as costs rise — HP, Asus among firms moving work in efficiency push (www.techradar.com) submitted 1 day ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 13 points 1 day ago (5 children) We're about to find out about a lot more CEO affairs. 🤣 permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children) Nah they're gonna go back to the slave labor and terrible working conditions angle (note anti China pr account already using this exact article as an example of it). While ignoring the reason why they are going back to China because the cheaper labor in worse conditions weren't worth the issues they created in the product Finally found it https://lemmy.world/post/54342938 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 child) China hasn't been a cheap labor market for a while now. The reason companies go to China is the industrial density and the scale of automation here. You gotta update your China tropes there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 19 hours ago I know that but many refuse to admit it could possibly be the case permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago (1 child) i wonder if they will since doing so would give further leverage to the chinese. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 19 hours ago Which just means many will start yelling for even higher tariffs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children) Nah they're gonna go back to the slave labor and terrible working conditions angle (note anti China pr account already using this exact article as an example of it). While ignoring the reason why they are going back to China because the cheaper labor in worse conditions weren't worth the issues they created in the product Finally found it https://lemmy.world/post/54342938 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 child) China hasn't been a cheap labor market for a while now. The reason companies go to China is the industrial density and the scale of automation here. You gotta update your China tropes there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 19 hours ago I know that but many refuse to admit it could possibly be the case permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago (1 child) i wonder if they will since doing so would give further leverage to the chinese. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 19 hours ago Which just means many will start yelling for even higher tariffs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 child) China hasn't been a cheap labor market for a while now. The reason companies go to China is the industrial density and the scale of automation here. You gotta update your China tropes there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 19 hours ago I know that but many refuse to admit it could possibly be the case permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 19 hours ago I know that but many refuse to admit it could possibly be the case permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago (1 child) i wonder if they will since doing so would give further leverage to the chinese. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 19 hours ago Which just means many will start yelling for even higher tariffs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 19 hours ago Which just means many will start yelling for even higher tariffs permalink fedilink source parent