goat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-211 days agoTankies on Chinese capitalism -- 'How can people not love China for its exploitative sweatshops? While this local union member, who just wants a livable wage from the products they make, is a crook'sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down17
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minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 days agoEverything is made in china.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-212 days agoNot really Chinese products generally fall into two categories: products that require specific technical skills things that are knock offs or straight up copies of foreign companies China has a skilled workforce that is unmatched in most of the world. The problem is the government. Goods that require labor but not a lot of skill such as shoes typically sent to developing nations since labor is cheap and prevalent
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoThey also don’t let those pesky safety standards get in the way of production. What is a worker when there is a million more?
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agothe times are changing… https://cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india-overtakes-china-as-top-smartphone-supplier-to-us-in-q2-2025/122973189 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/trump-tariffs-vietnam-china.html
minus-squareshawn1122@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoThey parts are still made in China, the phones are just assembled in India.
Everything is made in china.
Not really
Chinese products generally fall into two categories:
products that require specific technical skills
things that are knock offs or straight up copies of foreign companies
China has a skilled workforce that is unmatched in most of the world. The problem is the government.
Goods that require labor but not a lot of skill such as shoes typically sent to developing nations since labor is cheap and prevalent
They also don’t let those pesky safety standards get in the way of production. What is a worker when there is a million more?
ain’t capitalism grand
the times are changing…
https://cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india-overtakes-china-as-top-smartphone-supplier-to-us-in-q2-2025/122973189
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/trump-tariffs-vietnam-china.html
They parts are still made in China, the phones are just assembled in India.