How utterly ironic! If you look at any electronic device from the 70s and 80s (and somewhat into the 90s), you'll basically see nearly all components (chips, transistors, boards, etc.) manufactured in Western countries. Seeing "USA", "Canada", "Germany" printed on highly advanced (for its time) components was more common than not. My friend who worked in IT in Beijing in the late 90s and early 2000s tells me that his company made it a point to track down parts that had Canadian made parts (there were a lot more than most Americans care to realize by the way), and Chinese made parts were out of the question as they were all bad investments (this was a Chinese investment firm - 3rd biggest in China at that time). U.S. engineers were THE engineers to kick off the electronic revolution - and to this day they are at the forefront of R&D. The only thing going for these Chinese companies is slave-labour and non-existant labour laws. Remove those, and ALL jobs will migrate back to the West.