Favorite Answer:Look at REASONS why things come from China. Disregard the environment, but it is a valid reason China has American factories. Apple, IBM, Xerox- l suppose it is American... Xerox ought to be as American as Bayer aspirin!!
WAGES. I spoke to several Chinese in Peking, or Beijing as America currently says. Chinese say Pay-cheen, but that is a different story... Chinese factories pay about $200 USD a month to workers. Try to calculate what an American factory worker would want. $15 an hour, or $2400 a month? Good pay in Texas...
So if you want a robust Dow Jones price, cheap clothes and shoes, and dollar batteries, you WILL be in bed with the Chinese. AND cheap iPhones, Xerox machines, flat screen TVs, Volvos... go China!! go China!! rah rah rah!!