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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by matthewowen on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:10PM (#22734330)
supply chains and competency.

the component manufacturers are all right there, which simplifies things.

plus china is really good at building stuff. you want a factory to make something? their ability to spin up production is excellent.

the pay side of it is really much less of a factor than people think. china's just better at this stuff right now.

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by JamesBarney on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:17PM (#22734371)
Yeah initially it was moved for pay, but now it's moved for expertise and population density. If you wanted to hire a 50,000 experienced assembly worked and 5,000 engineers tomorrow, China is the only place you could do it.
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