> As for the labor cost, China has an edge. Now some 
> southeast
> Asia countries (say Vietnam, Indonesia or Thailand, or 
> even
> Malaysia) are even cheaper than east coastal area of 
> China.

I was recently told by a factory owner that Chinese 
production worker labour costs about half coastal city rates 
only 3 or 4 hours travel inland to the right areas.


        Russell

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