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(Al Jazeera)   Taiwan creates 'Tourism Factories' to convince people to keep production local instead of sending work overseas, in the hopes of future filled with domestically produced fanny packs, novelty aloha shirts, and socks with sandals   (aljazeera.com) divider line
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802 clicks; posted to Main » on 08 Aug 2022 at 7:24 PM (33 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Thoreny
2022-08-08 5:52:46 PM  
Considering recent geopolitical events, having all your production in Taiwan or West Taiwan is not a good idea unless you really want a major shortage problem on your hands when West Taiwan tries to invade and conquer Taiwan.
 
pdieten
2022-08-08 7:28:54 PM  
You're going to have to pardon my utter confusion at the notion of Taiwanoutsourcing manufacturing.

/ how much cheaply made junk has been imported into the US from there over the years, I wonder
 
flyingbiscuit
2022-08-08 8:15:33 PM  
Isn't pretty much every bike frame and most bike parts made in Taiwan. Thought it would be hard to find a bike or parts during the lockdowns?. Just imagine what would happen if there was a blockade
 
Ketchuponsteak
2022-08-08 8:39:09 PM  

flyingbiscuit: Isn't pretty much every bike frame and most bike parts made in Taiwan. Thought it would be hard to find a bike or parts during the lockdowns?. Just imagine what would happen if there was a blockade


https://www.worldometers.info/bicycles/#:~:text=Although%20bicycles%20are%20produced%20in,the%20global%20market%20in%202004

Most are made in mainland China, followed by India, the EU, and then Taiwan.

The cheap stuff is probably from China and India.
 
jerryskid [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-08-09 1:00:51 AM  
The smartest thing Taiwan can do is move TSMC and its tech/fab facilities off-island to another country that doesn't give a shiat about the red chinese.
 
cew-smoke
2022-08-09 12:23:11 PM  
Subby forgot about Motherboards, RAM, phones, laptops, TVs, a myriad of different silicon chips and many other high tech things we can't live without. But congratz on continuing the American myth that China only makes dollar store junk. Does it make you feel better to denigrate these people, so you can ignore the fact that our own countries wouldn't know how to manufacture their way out of a paper bag? Racist as-hole.
 
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