[Alberta's Child]

Except China can't even hold onto their own slave market as it is. As other posters have pointed out, it's amazing to see how many consumer products that used to be made in China are now showing up in Walmart, Target, Dollar General, etc. with labels indicating that they're made in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc.

Heck -- I'm even starting to see clothing products show up from eastern European countries like Slovenia, Hungary, etc.

[Rebelbase]

It is the same progression as what we saw back in the 60s with Made in Hong Kong then Made in Japan then Made in Taiwan. In the case of Japan and Taiwan they morphed out of producing cheap junk to producing higher quality products which sent the cheap to be manufactured in China which in turn is settling into higher quality manufacturing. The cheaper stuff is being picked up by other countries.

[Vigilanteman]

We could be seeing a repeat of the 15th century when China was at the top of the world but overextended their empire. There were massive internal upheavals, their massive fleet was brought home and colonies they had established from what is now modern Somalia to the Philippines and Indonesia withered on the vine, though some local ethnic Chinese adapted and became very rich.

Vietnam, just to name one example, has long held a love-hate relationship with China, going from staunch allies to fighting a war just over the course of one decade (1970s).

[woodbutcher1963]

I went to the Westminster Kennel Club show last weekend. All of their WKC merchandise was made in Bangladesh.