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feverzsjtoday at 4:55 PM1 replyview on HN

Because labors in China are extremely cheap. And they are getting cheaper and cheaper in last decade, despite the GDP growth.


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seizethecheesetoday at 5:11 PM

As a hardware founder, I’ve seen the opposite until very recently. Labor cost has been going up much faster than inflation, at lease in hardware assembly.

Do you have a source?