So how about a market share index which matters:
What smartphones are made in China?
How come that is (never) mentioned, yet is most important of all?
Because that's not what's most important. What's important is that Apple makes a superior product - plain and simple. I could give a whiz about where it's made.
Are you talking about the Chinese slave labor used to make their products?
Chinese FoxConn Workers Riot at Apple Factory
http://www.newsy.com/videos/chinese-foxconn-workers-riot-at-apple-factory
Same shit is happening with my company here in the states which has factories in China also. Our local Chinese boss expects us to work and compete with slave labor.
For most, abstract political issues are trumped by out-of-pocket price and daily usability. “Made in USA” matters little if the product is expensive and crappy.