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Originally Posted by acottawa
That might work for the “mingong” migrant workers (although I am not sure how after 40+ years how practical it will be to go back to ancestral villages, if it even exists). For people who have residence permits in cities they will need to retire there.
I believe Tim Cook was referring specifically to tooling engineers, who presumably will be subject to the same demographic pressures.
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I think it was a combination of tooling, automation and just an understanding of manufacturing process. Apple was after tight mechanical tolerances that they thought they could achieve in China but not other regions.
I am not certain either on the migration back to the country in 40+ years. If you have managed to move into the middle class I can see staying in the city. If your the "working poor" in fairly poor conditions, I can see people wanting to go back to the country side the moment they can. I think this will depend on how effective the government is of raising the standard of living.
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