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Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by nkozyra on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:12PM (#20208233)
Amazing to see an anecdote like this trotted out as newsworthy. There are three total data points and two of them are incredibly vague.

Honestly, this feels a bit like propaganda.

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:48PM (#20208446)
It's just a click bait title, especially since the last sentence in the article is "If America “decides to remove the 25% tariff, we will move the production back to China right away,” Tu said."

Doesn't sound like the era of Made in China is over if they're itching to get back.

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by dang on Monday June 17, 2019 @10:05PM (#20209201)
Ok, we changed to the subtitle above.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by datatrue on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:20PM (#20208665)
Made in China is over, that ship has sailed.

- US recently declared China to be a dangerous competitor,

- both parties are full-force anti-CCP. except maybe a few candidates like Joe Biden

- Taiwan view China as dangerous as well

- Way cheaper labors exists in SE asia

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by mimo84 on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:48PM (#20208836)
what's anti-CCP?
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by tdfx on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:06PM (#20208933)
Suspicious of and hostile towards the Chinese Communist Party.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by nafizh on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:16PM (#20208251)
The title clearly says 'World's top bicycle maker says'. It's an opinion.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by afterburner on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:31PM (#20208326)
It's not opinion, it's an announcement that they're moving their manufacturing to Taiwan.

"Giant Manufacturing is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory"

"Giant" is the brand.

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by microcolonel on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:35PM (#20208354)
Yeah, not sure about how they're measuring. By market cap, Shimano is about four and a half times larger. P/E is very close between the two; Giant's PY return is about 77 times better than Shimano's.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by wtallis on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:41PM (#20208382)
Shimano doesn't sell bicycles, just a lot of bicycle components and accessories.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by microcolonel on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:24PM (#20208689)
Fair enough, I just couldn't think of any other manufacturers even in the industry that make more parts or complete bicycles (that I can actually buy) than Giant does.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by plausibilities on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:51PM (#20209152)
Shimano also makes expensive high-end fishing reels.

They go for anywhere from a couple hundred to 1k+ (like the Stellas) apiece and you typically want 3 - 5 rod/reel setups when going on a fishing trip.

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by Mediterraneo10 on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:41PM (#20208389)
Shimano is the world’s major bicycle-component manufacturer, but they do not do much production of frames or complete bikes, and Giant certainly leads in that regard.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by stereo on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:02PM (#20208546)
Shimano makes bicycle parts, not bicycles. Giant sells bicycles, and some of them come with Shimano parts.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by nkozyra on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:18AM (#20209988)
> It's an opinion.

Opinion articles are - by convention - designated as such. This allows journalistic institutions to distance themselves from things that are insufficiently sourced or are overtly one-sided.

This doesn't fall under that umbrella. It's presented as a piece of economic foreshadowing that Trump's threats are impacting the viability of China as a global manufacturing hub. Which, ok, prove it! Don't give us one company's stated stance, show the numbers. Give us more sources.

This is not good journalism.

Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by 55555 on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:38PM (#20208769)
It's a company using politics to get free press. Nothing new here.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by tungwaiyip on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:36PM (#20217449)
The article is also missing an important context, Giant is a Taiwanese company. A lot of the world's high end bicycle are built by them in Taiwan.
Re:World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan... by OJFord on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:17PM (#20208258)
It doesn't matter if you're right or not, if such a company believes (or even just says) it, it's newsworthy.