China no longer the best place to manufacture....Oh really???

Dan, at ChinaLawBlog has two great post's about the way china's manufacturing is going. A lot of people have beliefs that china is no long the place to manufacture, and I have been closer to the opinion that while, it may not be the best place to manufacture cheap stuff anymore, it is fast becoming the best place to manufacture much more technical things. For thing's like Ipods, laptops, and whichever new gadget comes out we can't even think of right now, China will be the place to get it made. While things like socks, or shoes, and simple clothings might begin to move to southeast Asia, and India. Dan makes an interesting point though, saying that while the labor is much much cheaper in some parts, the infrastructure has not yet reached a level to be of any worth. Also he gives some examples of the companies that are moving out of China. They tend to be major corporations who have the funds and capacity to set up an infrastructure to be based around them, that will actually be beneficial to them. But as he points out, for most importers, they have to deal with what is already in place, thus keeping China a much better choice for all manufacturing in the near future. Check out his post here, and here.