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Not Made in, Made For China

By on November 15, 2012 in News

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For those of us in the United States, China is the place that makes the stuff we buy. What if that was to change?

China, brimming with a population of over 1.3 billion, started buying with a vengeance? What if China became the place that manufacturers looked for their cues?

That question is quickly turning from a what-if to a how-soon. Hundreds of millions of Chinese want the sorts of things we want — from televisions and washing machines to bottled water and organic food — and more and more of them are turning those wants into purchases. China’s annual consumer spending is now around $4 trillion; though still only half the US figure, it is already a bigger consumer economy than Japan and close to that of the European Union. China is now the world’s largest consumer in a number of categories, including beer, cigarettes, and — remarkably — cars. Some Western automakers have begun skipping US and European markets and debuting models in China first.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    Interesting! It may not be long before we’re selling to instead of buying from China, after all.

  • Akoni Adefunke

    I am really waiting for the time this will happen because now that christmas is round the corner lots of people are travelling to china to bring in stuff.

  • dave

    Angela shupe,, why would China buy from us when they can do it way cheaper, and the only reason they can do it cheaper is because they work very hard for there money and take way more pride in there workmanship

  • dave

    Dane, i love your “looking for a partner” feature i have been getting a few responses from it, thank-you very much (:

  • Ken

    I guess it’s already happening – this is a blog showing the list of hot stuff that people who travel to China bring with them, and guess what, these are all made in USA (if you can read in Chinese, I think it helps, but not required, as you can see the English names of the items)!

    http://tipplace.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_7871.html

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