Quote from: Viper1 on Today at 05:18:28 PM

Quote from: squatz1 on Today at 08:27:11 AM

No one is going to pull out of China because of this. No company (or country, politician, etc) really even cares that its happening. They only pretend to care when the news shines a light on it and people start sharing these horrible videos, which is why politicians know that they have to make a statement about how they're sanctioning some random Chinese officials.

A couple days ago when Pompeo was in the UK he raised the issue of religious freedom in China as it's not just the muslims that are getting "suppressed". Also, Japan has passed a budget to incentivize companies to move out of China. So far I think 80 are taking them up on the money and are going to move their companies to other countries and also back to Japan. Covid has made it clear to them that they need to make major changes to a lot of their supply chains. Japan isn't the only country (Australia is also talking about "partial" decoupling from China for example) but so far the US seems quiet on that front.

Some are going to do this if it profitable to do so. Contrary to popular belief China isn’t as cheap of a labor source as it used to be. The chinese workers are demanding a better wage and benefits, and they are successful in hetring some of this.

A lot of these countries in southeast Asia will draw in the factories leaving China.

US may incentivize the move too. Though not sure how China will respond to a move like that.