Hanes and FOTL are made in Honduras and El Salvador, respectively. Clothing at the discounters is primarily made in Indonesia, Egypt, and Pakistan. WalMart does carry some Chinese stuff, but it's shoddy junk. I buy my clothes at Target and get better quality for a (slightly) higher price. It's still cheaper than I can make anything but a detail-constructed business or party dress from scratch.
I got the same feeling. I read recently that fortune cookies are only made in the United States, and the rest of the world (including China and Japan) don’t really even know what they are.
Thanks for summing it up. I read this article and I'm thinking "What the heck is this guy smoking?". My factory(not textile related in any fashion) is located next to an Anvil clothing factory on one side and Fruit of the Loom underwear on the other...in Honduras. I get to Honduras all the time and buy underwear and shirts, all made there and not in China. I purposefully don't buy anything made in the people's communist republic of China if I can help it.