> Add in the tons and tons of cheap labour, with few labour laws. > Add in the 10 hours 7 day crazy work weeks. These advantages seem like they'll expire as C

> Add in the tons and tons of cheap labour, with few labour laws. > Add in the 10 hours 7 day crazy work weeks. These advantages seem like they'll expire as China becomes more competitive economically. > Imagine if you went to a flea market, but instead of comic books, hot dogs and used sofas ... you found all sorts of cheap, exotic component parts. Anything. Everything. For 10's of cents each. How many types of sensors / components etc. are even conceivable, no matter how exotic? It seems like someone could replicate that in the US with a warehouse and sourcing. These things are extremely cheap in general; it's not like trying to replicate the VCs of Silicon Valley elsewhere. > For example: 3D printers that are more amenable to 'short production runs' instead of just prototypes. Low cost / fast turnaround injection moulding. Quick turn around on smaller components. ... Doing this would take some champion leaders, maybe Cisco, or Google This seems like a great idea; pair some small fabs with a big ol' warehouse stocked with every random component / sensor under the sun, and it seems like it would work out totally fine.