China is not cheap to manufacturing goods.
but cheaper than manufacturing it in the US.
Apple pay so much tax to the China government to the point that nobody know how much it’s paid, no data is leaked to the public, and China can buy the entire USA with cash that’s generated from tax money.
What I'm saying is that the reason for an incompetent government is not related to why they choose to manufacture in China. The reason why they are paying huge amounts of money in China is that they are producing it in China so they are obliged to pay there. But I think it's too much when you say that the amount of tax that Apple is paying to China can buy the US.
You already said that nobody knows how much they pay China so how can you say that it can actually buy the entire US?
Nobody know why apple refuses to return to their home land, US has whatever China have, young talent, manufacturing fab, low cost labour that willing to work for Amazon, easy credit, raw materials, everything they wish for, but apple refuse to return.
It's the manufacturing process that is held in China but it does not mean that everything is from China. They own the design and the material is from different parts of the world.