



[SOURCE: X bit Labs]


Source: The Wall Street Journal

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RE: Sorry China
By McGaiden on 2/11/2014 4:12:11 PM , Rating: -1
First, China's manufacturing employment peaked in 1996, and it's been decreasing every year since then for other reasons than technology/automation.

Also, wage increases and a shift to a more consumer-led economy is more likely to increase this trend than automation, since if robotics were as lucrative as a lot of people thought, then we'd see those 1 million robots already.

Thirdly, don't underestimate the political pressure on Foxconn to keep those robots away for as long as possible from the CCP to keep employment up.

I always laugh when idiotic "U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A!!"-esque commenters reveal their idiocy. We're seeing a lot stronger trends of automation/robotics in the U.S. than in China for now, even if the Chinese can afford it. That will continue.

Suck on it.

RE: Sorry China
By Shig on 2/11/2014 4:28:17 PM , Rating: 2
Congratulations, you win the internet.

RE: Sorry China
By amanojaku on 2/11/2014 4:42:36 PM , Rating: 2
Your four points were brilliant, but your anti-USA comment was unnecessary. Shig didn't say anything about China's loss being America's, or anyone else's, gain. Particularly since you're correct, manufacturing is increasingly automated. This was pointed out when both Apple and Samsung talked about bringing manufacturing to the US. There would not be a significant increase in jobs, just a significant increase in press.

RE: Sorry China
By Spookster on 2/11/2014 4:56:10 PM , Rating: 2
I always laugh when idiotic "Anti-USA"-esque commenters reveal their idiocy and automatically assume that the person they are bashing is from the USA.

