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I honestly don't blame them. They either have the choice to increase costs by 30% because of media pressure or decrease costs and media attention by moving to a cheaper country where people aren't as prone to jumping off of roofs.


Not asking this to be sarcastic: what cheaper country? I can't immediately come up with any industrialized nations capable of supporting large-scale electronics manufacturing that would have lower wages than China.


According to the article, they're considering Taiwan, Vietnam, and India.

Taiwan has a ton of electronics manufacturing, and Vietnam and India both have industrialized coastal towns.




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