[lucysmom]

A year ago, nobody minded that jobs were being bled offshore in China and India. Now people are interested, they want to know more.

Where have you been? This discussion has been going on at least since the 60s when I remember a friend's father, who was in the car business, saying "you better learn to speak Japanese".

[John Filson]

I remember those discussions well. The irony is that Japan has offshored and outsourced its own economy now. When you "buy Sony," you're often buing a Chinese-built gizmo.