It won't be competitive as lifestyle of China is growing. Its unfortunate that we can't have good stuff without exploitation (in today's context). I hope we can make leaps in manufacturing, so people from Asian country like India aren't exploited for shiny things like iPhone.

I believe same thing happened with Japan. As Japan grew rich, market in China started look attractive. And now, India is looking attractive. Looks like this vicious cycle will continue forever, as there will always be country with lax on human rights.

While I kind of dislike sounding like a neoliberal, one person's exploitation is another's lifestyle upgrade.

Hopefully in a decade or two electronic manufacturing will start moving to Africa and ultimately helps accelerate industrialization.

> Looks like this vicious cycle will continue forever, as there will always be country with lax on human rights.

If you are using Japan as an example, isn't there an eventual end to the exploitation once the country gets rich? In that case, the trade off should be worth it. The problem is if countries are exploited while not becoming becoming rich at the same time, like India during its colonial period. Not much good will come out of that.

The exploitation argument doesn't make sense. These economies have vast swarms of individuals doing nothing more than subsistence farming. Bringing manufacturing jobs to the region will do wonders for the local and the country’s economy.