On: Shenzhen is Like Living in a City-Sized TechShop

[upwardbound]

Why do you think software is the "highest end of the foodchain"? Is finance even higher in your mind?

What makes you think that most hardware made in China is designed elsewhere? To the best of my knowledge, the HUGE Chinese smartphone/tablet market is based on chips, boards, and software all designed there.

[yen223 → upwardbound]

To the best of my knowledge, China doesn't do much design work locally. Most factories simply build whatever is on the blueprint which they receive from the West.

[Volpe → yen223]

> To the best of my knowledge

I think you you need to improve your knowledge then. Or provide a citation.

[yen223 → Volpe]

I've got a sample size of one. I work in a factory, and almost all our designs (including tooling and processes) come from the head office in America.

[hrktb → yen223]

It's funny to think of it as "the West" as it historicly used to be, when now a lot more happens east of China.

[sunnybythesea → yen223]

That used to be Japan | Korea | Taiwan...and look now

[riledhel → upwardbound]

They still keep the know-how and the factories/facilities in China, even if they got the design from somewhere else.