tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10875994.post113872908534070983..comments2023-07-20T01:37:08.382-07:00Comments on ideas in motion: X-raying the globalization of an iconfChhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007305273044171670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10875994.post-1139464438233369912006-02-08T21:53:00.000-08:002006-02-08T21:53:00.000-08:00Some Assembly Needed: China as Asia Factory (Sourc...Some Assembly Needed: China as Asia Factory (Source: NYTimes)<BR/>By DAVID BARBOZA<BR/><BR/>SHENZHEN, China — Hundreds of workers at a sprawling Japanese-owned Hitachi factory here are fashioning plates of glass and aluminum into shiny computer disks, wrapping them in foil. The products are destined for the United States, where they will arrive like billions of other items, labeled "made in China."<BR/><BR/>But often these days, "made in China" is mostly made elsewhere — by multinational companies in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States that are using China as the final assembly station in their vast global production networks.<BR/><BR/>Analysts say this evolving global supply chain, which usually tags goods at their final assembly stop, is increasingly distorting global trade figures and has the effect of turning China into a bigger trade threat than it may actually be...fChhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007305273044171670noreply@blogger.com