[Elecraft] Chinese wages

[Johnny Siu]

 Hello Patrick,
In the past, Chinese wages were really low so that the total costs of wages + hidden costs were still commercial viable.  Now, the story is totally different and you have to be worried about quality control and intellectual rights issues.
I am in Hong Kong and have seen the changes but it is far too sensitive to discuss openly here.  If you are aware of the news of Hong Kong, our young generation has been fighting hard in the past 9 months.
73
Johnny VR2XMC
    PATRICK HICKS (<hickspj467 at comcast.net>) 在 2020年5月4日星期一 上午07:27:13 [GMT+8] 寫道：  
 
 As a ship's chief engineer I ran to Asia from the west coast for many years (30+). In the 60's it was true that the Chinese people made very poor wages but not so any more. It was also true that many of the products were marginal. In the years before I retired, my company shipyarded their vessels in China. Their steel work and production was first rate and fast; much faster than in the US. BUT to be fair, the US yards were full of military vessels. Remember also that the cost of living in China is very much lower than here and their living and social structure are much different. Apples to oranges...

73
PJH, N7PH
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