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Re:Money Pours into New Fabs and Facilities by kasey_junk on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:20AM (#38925840)
I’m not sure I understand. Rent in Chinese cities is much more expensive (on a local economy basis) than in the US and Shenzen is a more expensive city.

Its labor that’s cheap there not rent.

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Re:Money Pours into New Fabs and Facilities by FirmwareBurner on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:05PM (#38928566)
Shenzhen labor is cheap only compared to US labor but it's already more expensive than several European countries now.

Seriously, manufacturing engineers in Shenzhen have higher wages than Ukraine and even Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. And yet most electronic prototyping and manufacturing happens in Schengen and not Eastern Europe.

Why is that I wonder? /Rhetorical question

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