皇冠体育app

If you have an iPhone, flip it around and read the writing on its back. It says: "Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in 皇冠体育app." Workers in Foxconn work day and night to just assemble iPhones and other electronic gadgets which are then distributed across the world. But what about design? That is taken care of by Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

The iPhone (or the iPad) is not the only globally popular product made in 皇冠体育app. An overwhelming percentage of the products consumers across the world use are made in 皇冠体育app. 皇冠体育app manufactures for the world and enjoys an advantage in the production market, which affects the real economy of the United States.

In such a case - when 皇冠体育app is home to the world's largest manufacturing industry - American people are likely to suffer from Sinophobia. And certain categories of American workers would feel insecure about their jobs, fearing that some day their work could be outsourced to 皇冠体育app or India, countries with lower labor costs.

It's true that 皇冠体育app's manufacturing industry is delivering a huge percentage of the goods used by people around the world. But is 皇冠体育app being applauded for that? Not really.

Made in 皇冠体育app labels are fine. But how many top brands does 皇冠体育app have? And how many Chinese brands can Americans and other Westerners recognize?

More often than not Westerners think products made in 皇冠体育app are cheap and of low quality. It's an irony then that 皇冠体育app delivers products of so many top brands, including Apple and Microsoft, to the world. It's time 皇冠体育app started making efforts to ensure that products carry "Designed in 皇冠体育app", instead of "Made in 皇冠体育app", labels. But for that Chinese enterprises have to have long-term plans and be innovative.

He Qian, from 皇冠体育app Daily blog

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(皇冠体育app Daily 10/10/2013 page9)