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RUclipsrs who often test products advertised... are trying 2 discourage people from buying from TEMU. They have purchased products only to get absolute trash, or not receive ANYTHING at all !!
I've been very particular about the things I purchase, where they are from, and whether or not I really need it. Moreover, I share this with my family and friends and they are all on the same page. Happy to buy tools from Taiwan to support their growth, and I'll always look for USA-made products. You'd be surprised how often there is a US-alternative when you didn't think there was one.
I've found that the QC of made in Taiwan is significantly beter than that of Chinese made tools. Regarding hand tools, the following is the order of preference: USA (I beleive in supporting my fellow Americans) Japanese/German (in general the quality is superior to domestically produced tools, howver they are generally outside of my budget and even when they are, I'm not in aerospace or anything like that, so the lower precision of US made tools is still excellent for me) Taiwan. The quality is often on par with domestic produced tools while being the least expensive than the same type of tool produced in the US, Japan, or Germany. Also if I need/want a kit or set they are still the least expensive route to go.
o for a sure. everything they have is stolen, right down to the theft of genetically crafted seed crops and they have gotten away with it all because we want our cheap garbage. American greed has given china its biggest boost by thinking china would open their market to us only to then swallow the company they "partnered" with. this happened most recently with one of our biggest chip manufacturers.
@@ShimaS-0079 True democracy has never existed in the West. That would mean the population has some control over the intuitions that affect their life.
The good thing is some people had the good idea not to put the whole process of valuable and critical technology solely in China, meaning without these, all China can produce are low cost, cheap everyday basic things. I'm just hoping their space and military technology gets left behind once they lose access to the more advanced tech
@@j.b.3387 Too late. They have a fully functioning station in the heavens, and shortly having chip FABS to compete with Taiwan. Ever heard of reverse engineering? Then they add to it. It’s not Murica graduating millions of STEM students. And uni to them is not sex, drugs and booze.
Thanks for mentioning Poland here. I’m biased, but in my opinion it is already a manufacturing powerhouse, still with a lot of potential. Strong automotive, furniture, home devices, IT industries. We are even producing some RAM modules (of course with Taiwanese chips).
This was one of your best videos - I coming from within EU can only totally agree on your view. It’s such a sad story for all. I hope we all learn from this!
I try to avoid buying products that are made in China as much as possible. It's REALLY difficult, especially since it's very rare for web shops and individual companies to display that information on their websites (quite often I have to email customer support and ask them or go to a physical store and look at the packaging). I really hope it will get a lot easier in the future.
They already made a video about this. This is the app they talked about: 'Cultivate'. It's an extension you install for you browser. It displays all Amazon's product origins.
It's not that hard to avoid Chinese made products here in Japan. They still have a strong domestic manufacturing industry here so I can buy Japan made spatulas, pots and pans, furniture, etc. The USA just foolishly decided to outsource basically all manufacturing and it was an incredibly stupid move.
What’s really troubling is the amount and pace at which China is spending on their Military. It’s like they know this revenue stream is finite and they want to build up Military as fast as they can before it runs out. Hmmmm, I wonder why?
@@basilmagnanimous7011 No expects China to not grow their military. The speed and type of weapons and military they are building is what's troubling. It's obvious it's not just about defense, it's about offense. Add in what they are also doing in their attempts to essentially steal the South China Sea from it's neighbors and it's threats to Taiwan and it's clashes with India, it's even more apparent why China is growing their military at such a rate.
@@basilmagnanimous7011 The whole "China things long term" never made sense. The one Child Policy was literally a short term plan that cost them in the long term. Same with using housing in a pyramid like scheme to bring lots of money to the economy in the short term but now they have severe problems with housing and a housing market crash is very possible. I agree. If China's government really cared about improving the economy and making people happier, they wouldn't go on a wolf warrior diplomacy, threatening Taiwan, and trying to steal the south china sea all while spending hundreds of billions a year on a military. All this has done is lead to many countries trying to decouple from China, investors worried about China thus reducing foreign investments, and targeted sanctions like the advance chips.
I knew there was something weird about temu. I went on the website for about 3 seconds because they offered me $100 to sign up for their emails or whatever and I was like 👀👀👀
Temu (like AliExpress and Shein) steals photos from actual artists and cheaply duplicates their work. I've caught them at it (not mine, I deliberately don't do pro-level photos of my jewelry work) and when reported to the artists, they respond with frustration because there is NOTHING they can do to stop it!
Excellent analysis. I pulled all my investment funds from Chinese stocks and companies when it became clear they destroy companies that do not bow to Chinese government and their human rights violations reached all time highs. I don’t understand how any serious investor would put their money in a dying market.
I was just watching Asianometry’s “Insane Rise and Fall of HNA”. Talk about the folly of being an international company dealing with a major Chinese company - with ties to the CCP.
Imagine thinking companies don't violate human rights, lmao. China isn't new to this and certainly not the last to do so. And about the dying market/colape we'll see, because we alredy been though years of saying "China will fall, colapse, etc" and it's still not happening, every decade there's a new fall which doesn't seem to began. One would think that even if you see them as an enemy, you wouldn't overestimate them.
Great episode like always Mr. Laowhy86; I find so frustrating and annoying the TEMU ads because they have become like a cancer invading all the electronic platforms in the American Cyberspace. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
The danger is not only do they control the manufactures, they moving to control the ports around the world and the waterways in which many ships travel ie South China Sea, the Panama Canal,the Artic,the Indian Ocean,the waterway around South Africa etc….
They are crumbling as you stroke the keys, yet you are oblivious. The whole world is decoupling from them, as COVID (the CCO virus) revealed them for what they are - hideous buffoons corrupt to the core.
They're trying, and at one point they were succeeding. But read the news (not the American news, go international). A lot of countries are now pulling themselves out of Chinese control. Saudi Arabia just started supporting Ukraine, which is not something that China would want. OPEC also basically pulled away from any ties with Russia. That's a sign that the Saudis see China for what they truly are, and would rather deal with America (the enemy they know).
@@jacob4920 You're absolutely right! Hundreds of thousands of businesses and investors including myself just pulled out of China last year, and still continuing as we speak. I closed my car spare parts manufacturing in Guangzho last year, and the last remaining one in Shanghai got shut down last month after the Chinese new year. All four of them got transferred to Mexico, a lot closer to home. I felt bad about my former employees, but it is really hard to invest and do business in China right now. Chinese economy relies heavily on foreign investors, without them, the whole country would ceased to exist. If the trend doesn't change, we would probably witness a cathasthropic downfall of a once thriving economy. The problem is not the ordinary working people, it's the local government and CCP itself. I have known a lot of well to do, elite, rich Chinese people during my time in China, done business with them in past, surprisingly, they're all gone. Found out about a month ago that they all left the country with their riches, some end up in Europe, North America, Japan, and South east Asia. All of them told the same story about the not so good treatment from the their central government.
And you actually have the military ignorance, with phone in hand, to believe that they can just MAKE The United States The United Kingdom Japan South Korea Isreal Australia The Phillipines France Etc Really? You must have weak kids
Highlighting CCP "soft power" like the data collection and misinformation is PREACH-UNTIL-COWS-COME-HOME important, and I'm glad you keep mentioning it.
I am wondering... which countries would replace China as the world's factory? Will there never be such thing as "world's factory" after China, considering everyone now knows that giving a single country such power is a dangerous move?
The star wars episode 3 scene where Obiwan Kenobi says "I have the high ground" to Anakin in their epic battle is the perfect meme for this scenario! Because the world has the high moral ground over China. Great video 👍
I think one hurtle to overcome is the fact that many Americans have experienced what I’ll call “the cheap competitor doom syndrome”. Generations of Americans have bought cheap foreign goods made in Japan meant the same thing as for my parents growing up the 60s as made in Taiwan meant for me growing up in the 90s. We’re Detroiters and in our own generations were appalled at US companies readiness to outsource jobs to Mexico or cease competition with Japan in certain heavy industries to focus on a service driven economy. While there has been a domestic resurgence in manufacturing the past left it’s mark. Japan was once an enemy for my grandparents and outsourcing jobs to Mexico because companies didn’t have to pay the same salary & benefits was derided at the time by many. However Japan & Mexico are friendly democratic countries the CCP is not friendly as you have very eloquently expressed in many videos. Clearly China isn’t going to liberalize and open up with investment but for those not paying attention it seems like business as usual. I’m glad to see new factories related to EV manufacturing, battery production & logistics going up on my daily commute but I can’t convince my parents to care enough to use cultivate for example. China’s influence campaign & large companies including media fear of offending the CCP leads to the dire nature of what’s going on to fall flat on delivery. My parents don’t watch RUclips, go on Reddit or subscribe on Patreon where many of the best sources of independent information are available. Keep doing what your doing, my comment is partially a thought exercise musing on the same difficult questions you’re helping to answer.
The amusing thing is that we're so dependent on other countries that I honestly think it would be devastating if those countries decided to use that against us. They probably won't, but what would happen if those cheap products from overseas stopped being exported to where I live, Vancouver? Could Canada support everyone without importing things? No more phones, for a start, probably not enough food and if there is there wouldn't be much variety. There certainly wouldn't be enough jobs because so many would be obsolete without exporting/importing.
Is this how the downfall of the CCP is going to happen? I’m a street vendor in small tourist town in Virginia. I make beautiful wallets, handbags and useful small items like change purses. I can’t charge what they are really worth because my competition is China because people who see my things are comparing them to the prices they can get similar things from China. China hurts everyone in the World Economy Thanks for this video 🤩🤗🥰🌈
I surely hope so! In Poland, many small local businesses disappear due to the inability to compete pricewise with the Chinese. The other problem is that china is flooding the Eu with the fakes so badly!! It's high time to correct this precedence.
Up your marketing. "Handmade in the USA" type labels go a long way. I can actually buy handspun wool yarn from a person in Maine who puts the name of the sheep it's from on the tag. I kind of love it. Maybe not a good idea if you're selling leather items, but it's just an example lol
I’m an engineer in the automotive industry. We have a name for Chinese products. “Chinesium.” It’s parts that are cheep, look like the real items, but can’t stand up to stress or wear. Like Fake Rolex watches that cost $100! It’s tempting but when you stress test the parts they fail. Mexican parts are the new go to for the industry. They make parts for the same money but they pass quality control. And they respond quickly if there’s any issue.
I absolutely love and appreciate your unique perspective on the divisive subject of China and its politics. I learn more from you @laowhy86 than I could ever learn from the mainstream media or going down the RUclips rabbit hole.
Interesting , a number of the most eminent market experts have been expressing their views on the severity of the impending economic downturn and the extent to which equities might plummet. This is because the economy is heading towards a recession and inflation is persistently above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. As I'm aiming to create a portfolio worth no less than $850,000 before I turn 60, I would appreciate any advice on potential investments.
There are many other interesting stocks in many industries that you might follow. You don't have to act on every forecast, so I'll suggest that you work with a financial advisor who can help you choose the best times to purchase and sell the shares or ETFs you want to acquire.
I'm beginning to see more clothes from Bangladesh and India rather than China, and more electronics from Vietnam and the Philippines. While China still dominates the market for many products and components, the COVID pandemic and rising political tensions have shown that having a single source for critical products is a terrible mistake that must be corrected.
🤣🤣🤣. Naive. Many factories in vn are Chinese ones in disguise. I'm Vietnamese. Hardly any country can replace china in terms of size, scale and quality manufacturing abilities
I buy a lot of electronic components that are made in these countries and Japan. Of course, it's a little more expensive but I'm sure that I have the best quality available.
There is another aspect to China I think you're overlooking. Companies are moving out of China in a tsunami which has to hurt but even though they still hold a monopoly of something like 90% of world production in the refinement of raw materials that goods are manufactured from. ie. Lithium. It'll be a much slower process changing that compared to just relocating manufacturing.
@@TheAverageGuy12 One bright part about the future is the mining of a lot of things is going to have to grow by factors to meet demand for renewables at rates that have never been achieved previously. Maybe China's monopoly can be broken. Demand will completely over shadow supply and many in the know are already predicting the 2050 net zero goal is impossible as typically new mines won't even begin production for 15 years from inception. Pardon my memory but I think Copper alone will see existing demand grow tenfold. I watched a great video on this subject and I'll see if I can find a link if you like.
they're trying to use tiktok to divide people here but instead they divided tiktok users and non-tiktok users - not even many partisans are so self-absorbed they'd miss the utter ridiculousness of the nonsense that comes out of there... at this point the only people who want to cross that gap much are those in the business of social media (like social media managers, influencers, and content creators)
Diversify to Poland and maybe Eastern Europe as wages there can be competitive for manufacturing. We certainly look forward to the day to see such changes…from Australia 🇦🇺.
@@dead-claudia I agree, but they went Socialist early in the 20th century and they have been a disaster ever since. At one point their GDP per capita was higher than the US.
Argentina's economy is insane. Until they can straighten things out they'll never become the economic powerhouse people thought they were going to be in the early 20th century. In the first decade of the 1900s Argentina was wealthier on a per capita basis than Canada! It's baffling how much ground the country has lost.
India is one of the fastest growing developing countries at the moment.. Which I very much support...Their Anti Chinese government...They stand up to them...and I absolutely love the country
Temu has been buying RUclips ads like crazy. I don't know how many times a day I see them. They are on regular TV too. Me and my husband are like ain't no way we were getting that.
There are so many opportunities in taking back what has been outsourced to china. The West has been the developer of virtually everything that's currently used by developed countries. The chinese have the advantage of a large obedient workforce that enables lower production costs. The chinese have also been successful in making Western consumers accept lower quality in favour of lower prices. We should be able to challenge both of these chinese advantages and bring manufacturing back to where it belongs. Shipping costs are much lower if manufacturing is done in the West and selling the consumer on better quality should not be impossible.
Well said. It's not just America, It's Europe, Australia, South-East Asia, South America, the African continent, China has its claws in wherever there is a loophole, corruption etc. If you think America is evil, wait till xi and the ccp rule the world.
@@Micfri300 Yes, it will be a huge challenge bringing back manufacturing to the West. It may be time for the West to accept that maximizing profits for a few is not the best way to manage our country's economies. We as individuals are the consumers and we decide how and where we spend our money. Change typically happens slowly but we have to start some time to recover what we have lost. chinese food products are not as well received in the West as other chinese manufactured products because of an awareness that their low standards present an immediate threat to our health. We need to become aware that chinese manufacturing in general is a threat to our economic and political health as well.
C-Milk, I think you will find very few people want actual freedom. What they really want is entertainment and security; subsequently, they are more than willing to give up freedom to get it.
Hello I come from Indonesia, I just bought a Wuling EV car, it is the best seller of EV car in my country, and more China brand is to come, because yesterday (27/July) my president Jokowi flew to Chengdu, China to discuss more partnership in many sectors, including EV cars. It is a great news, a great decision made by great leader.
I'm sure it's a lot messier than that. Any major shift these days could easily end in disaster. It's wayyy too soon to feel any sort of relief, or like we've 'pulled one over' on a major country.
Being a gadget and electronics geek, I used to order a lot of stuff from China (A battery pack from some remote central China factory to my door within 3 days! BUT NOT anymore!) I have noticed in the last 5 years the advantages of price, shipping, and unique products has dramatically evaporated. IMHO China has begun the Long March Backward. Recently I noted that China stated it would deploy thousands of satellites for internet to compete with SpaceX Starlink. If I recall China tried to build a reusable booster that looked very much like the Falcon9...oops, it didn't work and China when radio silent on that project. Maybe the satellites will be lifted up there by the amazing power of Xi.
In the 60's and 70's, Japan and Taiwan were the source of cheap goods, but they were not high tech. Although Japan did work up to that and are now among the leaders in innovation. Cheap labor hubs keep moving as corporations are constantly trying to save 3 cents for the stock holders.
When I was a child in the mid 70s I always remember made in Taiwan on my plastic toy soldiers and the were really good quality as I had them until I stopped playing war. Think you and your friend have got really good stories about working and biking around China. That massive circle off steal is a good one when authority's were on your tale in massive ghost city. And the buddur feet got wet by the flooding river which the saying was god wasn't happy. Well I'm not religious I'm agnostic but ten years bad luck god would love that religion 😮
We don’t need someone far away making all our goods. This was just to side line local union labor so the CEO could become a billionaire by not paying our countrymen livable wages they could raise a family on, which is the whole reason for working. To have a life and make a profit. Americans need to restructure our government to work for people who live here and run their businesses from here. If importers want competable tariffs they should have to build at least a third of their product(s) here. Other tariffs should give local products an edge by raising the price on the import to at least be even with local prices.
Unfortunately, I get little response whenever I bring this up with people who supposedly care about human rights. They'll say it's my obligation to drive three states away to take part in a protest, but they can't even be bothered to spend 5 more minutes looking for a product that doesn't involve Uygher slaves who are raped as a form of torture.
It maybe a US propaganda.. at least US is more focus on human rights . Chinese support corrupt and dictator leaders and doesn’t care about human rights as long their interest given the priority. The whole world seen how Chinese Treated the Muslim in China..
My wife and I just had this giant argument about Chinese apps. No matter how much I tell her about the spyware, she simply refuses to get rid of TikTok. She's convinced that their datamining can't be any worse than anyone else's. That's not a reason to get complacent with Chinese apps. It's a call to action to assert your privacy from all ends. It drives me crazy that she can't see that.
There are, and have already been, companies moving out of China to cheaper pastures. I remember news articles stating so and so industry is taking their production facilities to other countries, as it was no longer financially viable to continue to operate there.
Heck, if I had a dollar for every video I've seen predicting the end/downfall/collapse of China I'd be a pretty rich person. Anyway, another great video Matt, don't know what gave me the most laughs, the hilariously melodramatic presentation, the actual BS content, or the fact that so many people actually believe you're some sort of China ""expert"" when all you do is take stories readily available elsewhere and put your own, as I said, overly dramatic spin on them. Oh yeah, the birds nest perched on top of your head was damn funny as well I must say.
As u said all this info is readily available elsewhere, I just come to Matt so I don’t have to go hunting myself. The downfall and collapse of China is gunna take some time and not be overnight. You see all these videos but it is happening slowly. Just give it another few decades
They will collapse but will be about ten years to complete it. They have the baby boomer retiring problem but on steroids. It's a mathematical certainty that they won't have enough population of consumers or workers due to their past one child policy and majority women in the future. It's fascinating but look into it.
can someone explain to me why mexico isnt already a production hub for american companies? theyve got super hard workers, low wages, and its a stones throw from texas and california with all their huge companies. like why set up shop in asia when they can do it much closer to home?
Corruption, violence, the fact that a Mexican won't work nearly the same hours or intensity that a Chinese will. The fact that if you push a Mexican workforce too hard they will foment a worker's revolution. The fact that the Chinese will build the massive required infrastructure for a manufacturing project in the same time it takes Mexico to get out of bed in the morning.
I think one big factor is marketing. Mexico didn't send massive amount of outsourcing offers to American companies. But Chinese companies did, during early 2000s. Other factors, yes, security. During 2000s, Mexican borders are mostly controlled by militarized drug cartels. No company wants to deal with that, having your shipments potentially robbed or your business contact kidnapped for ransom.
China has not been a "cheap" place to manufacture anything for quite some time due to the rise in living standards. Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam have taken the low skilled labour factory work now for some time.
And demand green card RECIPROCITY for American expats in Asia. Reciprocal civil and property rights in every country, bilaterally or not at all, BOTH ways.
I speak from the future of July 4, 2023 to say that you were right! You posted this video four months ago from my perspective and at the time that you posted it you were absolutely correct in what you said. Thank you.
Trump talked about moving pharmaceutical production from China to Puerto Rico to help strengthen it's economy and it wasn't a bad idea. I saw a German company with a plant in Puerto Rico and people loved it there.
50 cent spatula and a dancing dog is a term I think im going to start using one way or another for anything someone does for convenience that also hurts themselves or others.
Ever use a self checkout? You just stole somebody's job for "convenience". You just made the rich richer for "convenience". And when your neighbors have no jobs who will buy your goods and services? Americans wake up and realize you benefit when other Americans have jobs.
I still buy from China, however I'm also finding products at the same price or less from other countries. Still, sometimes they do come up with cool products here and there but their rising prices makes me look elsewhere. Some smaller mom/pop stores in China are pretty good.
i was already very picky and choosy with chinese goods and services years ago - most are junk but i for years used a mockup program i liked that happened to be chinese and i also am still happy about my high-quality bed frame i got for a nice bargain of about $100 from a chinese company that i still use to this day this crap from the ccp just reinforces my behavior and justifies my pickiness and choosiness further - i'd love to support chinese companies, but only when ik it's going to respectable people and not a bunch of powerful, heartless bastards who care for their own lives and literally nobody else beyond the bare minimum it would serve themselves and unfortunately, those very bastards strongarmed most the businesses i'd actually work with out of sheer greed and power lust, and are systemically worming their way into making it impossible to sell literally anything from china without benefiting them greatly
The combination of relatively cheap labor *and world class infrastructure* has been the key to the PRC's development. As countries like Vietnam and Mexico improve their infrastructure, that margin shrinks for China.
@@TAZ0300 If you see a Temu advertisement. Click on it and let it open a new tab. They will pay more for clicks. I believe it the difference of $.25 verses $1.25 if clicked onit. Sorry for the mis-spelling of Temu and I said Tumu.
One of the reasons that products from China are so cheap is because of their cheap transport costs enabled by their ( developing nation ) status , we need to rescind this status
No reason to continue CCP China developing nations status. Xi Jinping has declared victory over poverty, and they have space programs! Enough already with the priviledge.
I've started to become more conscientious with my purchases. If I have the option between a Chinese made product or another country's product, I will always prefer the non-chinese option. My money will not support a totalitarian regime anylonger and I will not support the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs.
Yes our previous governments did make make mistakes but now banning most of the Chinese apps and changing the general stance of our country are worth appreciation!
@@SD_Alias I try, but beeing first world poor it isn't easy sometimes. Even if you buy a product from a local company 90% is source products come from china anyway so Potato potaaaaato
@@andreyhempburn I know, i am not rich either. I am called "a working poor" here in Europe. But consuming less and spend a bit more on fewer but neccessary goods which are produced not in China is difficult but not impossible. I know we are too dependent on china meanwhile but it is not too late to revert that process.
@@SD_Alias I would really like to, but find me a small DC motor made in europe that costs less than 2x the Chinese price. Or find a solar Panel that doesnt cost 4x.
tbf in china there are some cultural pressures involved too face culture's a two-way street and it exists to an extent in most of east asia - mainland china's just the worst of all of them. part of face culture isn't just your own, but people there do care about the appearance of infallibility in others and will even vote with their wallet, valuing companies with the appearance of dignity over companies that have the best reviews etc. china's the worst of the lot (why they struggle at luxury), but it's also led to a severe overworking problem (one so bad that it's creating a demographic crisis) in south korea that's proven so difficult to crack that the gov there is trying to actively introduce some western ideals into south korean culture in sheer desperation
@@dead-claudia That's very interesting. great Korea is trying to do sth about it. Narcism is a problem everywhere, this issue needs major cultural change.
The sad part is that We as the USA developed almost every thing . WE MUST UNDERSTAND that EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS in CHINA is PART of the CHINESE MILITARY , EVERY SINGLE 1
I’m gonna be honest here, you’ve said things like “China is finished” a bunch of times but then it’s the opposite. I don’t particularly like China as a country and sure as hell wanna see some reporting on its seedy side, but we’re a long way from it being kicked off the stage
Getting away from China still just seems impossible for so many different reasons. Global trade isn't simple anymore and is starting to become a headache. Without China there's no telling what the world would have been. Idk I'm only 30. Idk the world before China. I just know the global population was a lot smaller, younger, poorer. Now we're so wrapped up in this economy that's clearly completely falling apart all over the place. Man this is going to be painful. Edit: holy crap capcut is Chinese? I didn't know that I been using that for a while. Dang man I gotta start doing more research.
I'm 60 and before china there were jobs every where in Australia now its manly white collar office and service industry cleaners, maintenance and no real production I was in the technical smithing and heat treatment, friends and relatives all employed in pretty well paid production jobs that's all gone now my last job was changing air fresheners in bathrooms for F...sake
Singaporean was supposed to have a 14 days free visa.. the Chinese custom suspended this although they have claimed to reopen all customs fully.. its absolutely unreasonable
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RUclipsrs who often test products advertised... are trying 2 discourage people from buying from TEMU. They have purchased products only to get absolute trash, or not receive ANYTHING at all !!
Another chinese app Shein!
@@diegoyanesholtz212 It's spelled 'Shein' & their stuff is trash!
I've been very particular about the things I purchase, where they are from, and whether or not I really need it. Moreover, I share this with my family and friends and they are all on the same page. Happy to buy tools from Taiwan to support their growth, and I'll always look for USA-made products. You'd be surprised how often there is a US-alternative when you didn't think there was one.
I've found that the QC of made in Taiwan is significantly beter than that of Chinese made tools.
Regarding hand tools, the following is the order of preference:
USA (I beleive in supporting my fellow Americans)
Japanese/German (in general the quality is superior to domestically produced tools, howver they are generally outside of my budget and even when they are, I'm not in aerospace or anything like that, so the lower precision of US made tools is still excellent for me)
Taiwan. The quality is often on par with domestic produced tools while being the least expensive than the same type of tool produced in the US, Japan, or Germany. Also if I need/want a kit or set they are still the least expensive route to go.
@Hank Absolutely. I try to get US tools and supplement more expensive one-off equipment with other producers.
I also do my very best to avoid Made in China when possible. I've noticed a lot more Made in Taiwan items here as well, even in Costco.
Always buy from Taiwan instead of China. 👍
Taiwan has always had excellent electronics
I told my business friends 30 years ago, that they would eventually regret showing Chinese companies how to do what they do. That has now become true.
o for a sure. everything they have is stolen, right down to the theft of genetically crafted seed crops and they have gotten away with it all because we want our cheap garbage. American greed has given china its biggest boost by thinking china would open their market to us only to then swallow the company they "partnered" with. this happened most recently with one of our biggest chip manufacturers.
Yep.. I guess some hoped they would become more westernized and implement more democracy . Didn't work out like tht.
@@ShimaS-0079 True democracy has never existed in the West. That would mean the population has some control over the intuitions that affect their life.
The good thing is some people had the good idea not to put the whole process of valuable and critical technology solely in China, meaning without these, all China can produce are low cost, cheap everyday basic things. I'm just hoping their space and military technology gets left behind once they lose access to the more advanced tech
@@j.b.3387 Too late. They have a fully functioning station in the heavens, and shortly having chip FABS to compete with Taiwan. Ever heard of reverse engineering? Then they add to it. It’s not Murica graduating millions of STEM students. And uni to them is not sex, drugs and booze.
Thanks for mentioning Poland here. I’m biased, but in my opinion it is already a manufacturing powerhouse, still with a lot of potential. Strong automotive, furniture, home devices, IT industries. We are even producing some RAM modules (of course with Taiwanese chips).
Yeah! Go Poland!
Poland has also really increased its global standing and prestige with it's leadership on supporting Ukraine.
Yeah, super! 🙄
Poland doesn't kill their future native workforce in the womb.
@A B And a lot of us here want that to be turned around.
This was one of your best videos - I coming from within EU can only totally agree on your view. It’s such a sad story for all. I hope we all learn from this!
I try to avoid buying products that are made in China as much as possible. It's REALLY difficult, especially since it's very rare for web shops and individual companies to display that information on their websites (quite often I have to email customer support and ask them or go to a physical store and look at the packaging). I really hope it will get a lot easier in the future.
They already made a video about this. This is the app they talked about: 'Cultivate'. It's an extension you install for you browser. It displays all Amazon's product origins.
@@LV-426... I've used that for a while, but most of the time it only shows where the seller is from-not where the product itself is made.
@@CriticalityIncident
I see. Stand to be corrected.
It's not that hard to avoid Chinese made products here in Japan. They still have a strong domestic manufacturing industry here so I can buy Japan made spatulas, pots and pans, furniture, etc. The USA just foolishly decided to outsource basically all manufacturing and it was an incredibly stupid move.
Screw this. Im not following you
What’s really troubling is the amount and pace at which China is spending on their Military. It’s like they know this revenue stream is finite and they want to build up Military as fast as they can before it runs out. Hmmmm, I wonder why?
@@basilmagnanimous7011 The PLA has been put in place ONLY for the CCP to stay in power.
@@basilmagnanimous7011 No expects China to not grow their military. The speed and type of weapons and military they are building is what's troubling. It's obvious it's not just about defense, it's about offense. Add in what they are also doing in their attempts to essentially steal the South China Sea from it's neighbors and it's threats to Taiwan and it's clashes with India, it's even more apparent why China is growing their military at such a rate.
@@basilmagnanimous7011 The whole "China things long term" never made sense. The one Child Policy was literally a short term plan that cost them in the long term. Same with using housing in a pyramid like scheme to bring lots of money to the economy in the short term but now they have severe problems with housing and a housing market crash is very possible.
I agree. If China's government really cared about improving the economy and making people happier, they wouldn't go on a wolf warrior diplomacy, threatening Taiwan, and trying to steal the south china sea all while spending hundreds of billions a year on a military. All this has done is lead to many countries trying to decouple from China, investors worried about China thus reducing foreign investments, and targeted sanctions like the advance chips.
The same way a certain moustache man start WW2 to avoid loan payment.
Still a paper tiger, though.
The thing is the spatula is probably made out of asbestos. 😂
They’re doing asbestos they can! 😂
Mixed with lead and melamine.
Australia imports drywall (plasterboard) from China and it can legally contain up to 5% asbestos by weight.
I knew there was something weird about temu. I went on the website for about 3 seconds because they offered me $100 to sign up for their emails or whatever and I was like 👀👀👀
I've seen them advertise on FB, and the prices were too low. Seemed like some kind of scam to me.
They don't actually give free money. That is only a ruse to make you purchase.
No you join now!
Temu (like AliExpress and Shein) steals photos from actual artists and cheaply duplicates their work. I've caught them at it (not mine, I deliberately don't do pro-level photos of my jewelry work) and when reported to the artists, they respond with frustration because there is NOTHING they can do to stop it!
Temp started spamming me with no action on my part at all
Excellent analysis. I pulled all my investment funds from Chinese stocks and companies when it became clear they destroy companies that do not bow to Chinese government and their human rights violations reached all time highs.
I don’t understand how any serious investor would put their money in a dying market.
I was just watching Asianometry’s “Insane Rise and Fall of HNA”. Talk about the folly of being an international company dealing with a major Chinese company - with ties to the CCP.
Imagine thinking companies don't violate human rights, lmao. China isn't new to this and certainly not the last to do so.
And about the dying market/colape we'll see, because we alredy been though years of saying "China will fall, colapse, etc" and it's still not happening, every decade there's a new fall which doesn't seem to began. One would think that even if you see them as an enemy, you wouldn't overestimate them.
Great episode like always Mr. Laowhy86; I find so frustrating and annoying the TEMU ads because they have become like a cancer invading all the electronic platforms in the American Cyberspace. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
I own a pc repair shop that makes gaming PCs. I’m lucky enough to enough to get my boards from Taiwan. Boycott China!
Why don't we make chips in Idaho where the potatoes are?
LOL!
Texas Instruments just opened a new Fab in Utah to build chips. (so that's pretty close :) )
The danger is not only do they control the manufactures, they moving to control the ports around the world and the waterways in which many ships travel ie South China Sea, the Panama Canal,the Artic,the Indian Ocean,the waterway around South Africa etc….
They are crumbling as you stroke the keys, yet you are oblivious. The whole world is decoupling from them, as COVID (the CCO virus) revealed them for what they are - hideous buffoons corrupt to the core.
They're trying, and at one point they were succeeding. But read the news (not the American news, go international). A lot of countries are now pulling themselves out of Chinese control. Saudi Arabia just started supporting Ukraine, which is not something that China would want. OPEC also basically pulled away from any ties with Russia. That's a sign that the Saudis see China for what they truly are, and would rather deal with America (the enemy they know).
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I concur!
@@jacob4920 You're absolutely right! Hundreds of thousands of businesses and investors including myself just pulled out of China last year, and still continuing as we speak. I closed my car spare parts manufacturing in Guangzho last year, and the last remaining one in Shanghai got shut down last month after the Chinese new year. All four of them got transferred to Mexico, a lot closer to home. I felt bad about my former employees, but it is really hard to invest and do business in China right now. Chinese economy relies heavily on foreign investors, without them, the whole country would ceased to exist. If the trend doesn't change, we would probably witness a cathasthropic downfall of a once thriving economy. The problem is not the ordinary working people, it's the local government and CCP itself. I have known a lot of well to do, elite, rich Chinese people during my time in China, done business with them in past, surprisingly, they're all gone. Found out about a month ago that they all left the country with their riches, some end up in Europe, North America, Japan, and South east Asia. All of them told the same story about the not so good treatment from the their central government.
And you actually have the military ignorance, with phone in hand, to believe that they can just MAKE
The United States
The United Kingdom
Japan
South Korea
Isreal
Australia
The Phillipines
France
Etc
Really? You must have weak kids
Highlighting CCP "soft power" like the data collection and misinformation is PREACH-UNTIL-COWS-COME-HOME important, and I'm glad you keep mentioning it.
I don't understand why more people can't see this obvious truth.
I am wondering... which countries would replace China as the world's factory? Will there never be such thing as "world's factory" after China, considering everyone now knows that giving a single country such power is a dangerous move?
Hopefully we start manufacturing ESSENTIALS at home, and only offshoring non-essentials.
Ukraine makes quality shoes and clothes and other consumer goods really cheap but higher quality than china
India
Dream on. Human stupidity and greed will always exist.
@@buddyrojek9417not anymore they don't a third of the people have had to flee the third major attempt by Russia to perform genocide
I’ve been saying this for 4 years, and our companies took the route
Greed over principle. Profit over integrity.
The star wars episode 3 scene where Obiwan Kenobi says "I have the high ground" to Anakin in their epic battle is the perfect meme for this scenario! Because the world has the high moral ground over China. Great video 👍
I think one hurtle to overcome is the fact that many Americans have experienced what I’ll call “the cheap competitor doom syndrome”. Generations of Americans have bought cheap foreign goods made in Japan meant the same thing as for my parents growing up the 60s as made in Taiwan meant for me growing up in the 90s. We’re Detroiters and in our own generations were appalled at US companies readiness to outsource jobs to Mexico or cease competition with Japan in certain heavy industries to focus on a service driven economy. While there has been a domestic resurgence in manufacturing the past left it’s mark. Japan was once an enemy for my grandparents and outsourcing jobs to Mexico because companies didn’t have to pay the same salary & benefits was derided at the time by many. However Japan & Mexico are friendly democratic countries the CCP is not friendly as you have very eloquently expressed in many videos. Clearly China isn’t going to liberalize and open up with investment but for those not paying attention it seems like business as usual. I’m glad to see new factories related to EV manufacturing, battery production & logistics going up on my daily commute but I can’t convince my parents to care enough to use cultivate for example. China’s influence campaign & large companies including media fear of offending the CCP leads to the dire nature of what’s going on to fall flat on delivery. My parents don’t watch RUclips, go on Reddit or subscribe on Patreon where many of the best sources of independent information are available. Keep doing what your doing, my comment is partially a thought exercise musing on the same difficult questions you’re helping to answer.
The amusing thing is that we're so dependent on other countries that I honestly think it would be devastating if those countries decided to use that against us.
They probably won't, but what would happen if those cheap products from overseas stopped being exported to where I live, Vancouver? Could Canada support everyone without importing things? No more phones, for a start, probably not enough food and if there is there wouldn't be much variety. There certainly wouldn't be enough jobs because so many would be obsolete without exporting/importing.
Japanese manufacturing is cheap and low quality?touch grass
Is this how the downfall of the CCP is going to happen?
I’m a street vendor in small tourist town in Virginia. I make beautiful wallets, handbags and useful small items like change purses. I can’t charge what they are really worth because my competition is China because people who see my things are comparing them to the prices they can get similar things from China.
China hurts everyone in the World Economy
Thanks for this video 🤩🤗🥰🌈
Sadly you will always be competing against cheaper labour if you live and hand manufacture in a wealthy country. It's the way it is.
I surely hope so! In Poland, many small local businesses disappear due to the inability to compete pricewise with the Chinese. The other problem is that china is flooding the Eu with the fakes so badly!! It's high time to correct this precedence.
@@johnlesoudeur3653 china is slave labor
Up your marketing. "Handmade in the USA" type labels go a long way. I can actually buy handspun wool yarn from a person in Maine who puts the name of the sheep it's from on the tag. I kind of love it. Maybe not a good idea if you're selling leather items, but it's just an example lol
@@morriganfey6079 a purse that says, Here lay Matilda. 😳🤣🤣🤣
Very well said Matt. You have successfully articulated the economic situation of the PRC.
Who the hell want to trust just an english teacher
C.C.P country.
Congrats on getting past 900k subscribers! Can't wait to see you make it to 1 million!
A platform with 900000 racists. Way to gi
@@torbjrnmelbye6823 did you get your 50 cents for that?
@@torbjrnmelbye6823 you hate freedom?
@@torbjrnmelbye6823 A critique on the incompetent leadership is not a criticism of the people
Well, logging keystrokes and sending them to China - people might want to delete the Chinese apps and change all of their passwords!
I’m an engineer in the automotive industry. We have a name for Chinese products. “Chinesium.” It’s parts that are cheep, look like the real items, but can’t stand up to stress or wear. Like Fake Rolex watches that cost $100! It’s tempting but when you stress test the parts they fail. Mexican parts are the new go to for the industry. They make parts for the same money but they pass quality control. And they respond quickly if there’s any issue.
We need this show to get on the road in China, not Laowhy and Serpent themselves, but copies of their shows, on memory sticks.
I absolutely love and appreciate your unique perspective on the divisive subject of China and its politics. I learn more from you @laowhy86 than I could ever learn from the mainstream media or going down the RUclips rabbit hole.
Interesting , a number of the most eminent market experts have been expressing their views on the severity of the impending economic downturn and the extent to which equities might plummet. This is because the economy is heading towards a recession and inflation is persistently above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. As I'm aiming to create a portfolio worth no less than $850,000 before I turn 60, I would appreciate any advice on potential investments.
There are many other interesting stocks in many industries that you might follow. You don't have to act on every forecast, so I'll suggest that you work with a financial advisor who can help you choose the best times to purchase and sell the shares or ETFs you want to acquire.
@marykane4802Mind if I ask you recommend this particular professional you use their service? i have quite a lot of marketing problems
@@jamesharrison6569 Such a priceless tip, Thank you so much!
Bet everything short. DUH.
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I'm beginning to see more clothes from Bangladesh and India rather than China, and more electronics from Vietnam and the Philippines. While China still dominates the market for many products and components, the COVID pandemic and rising political tensions have shown that having a single source for critical products is a terrible mistake that must be corrected.
🤣🤣🤣. Naive. Many factories in vn are Chinese ones in disguise. I'm Vietnamese. Hardly any country can replace china in terms of size, scale and quality manufacturing abilities
I buy a lot of electronic components that are made in these countries and Japan. Of course, it's a little more expensive but I'm sure that I have the best quality available.
Kyocera is well known and very respected (high quality) in electronics.
Their machine tooling inserts are great too. Some of the best quality and most reliable, even over swiss-made.
My favorite ever phone was made by them, it looked like something from Tron
There is another aspect to China I think you're overlooking.
Companies are moving out of China in a tsunami which has to hurt but even though they still hold a monopoly of something like 90% of world production in the refinement of raw materials that goods are manufactured from. ie. Lithium.
It'll be a much slower process changing that compared to just relocating manufacturing.
Argentina has huge reserves of Lithium in their geographical area. This has potential of being a substitute
Except they are buying the mines too.
@@eudaemonia3134 So does Australia but I don't see any suggestion that anyone is planning on refining Lithium there.
@@TheAverageGuy12 You are exactly right which is going to make changing anything very difficult.
@@TheAverageGuy12 One bright part about the future is the mining of a lot of things is going to have to grow by factors to meet demand for renewables at rates that have never been achieved previously. Maybe China's monopoly can be broken.
Demand will completely over shadow supply and many in the know are already predicting the 2050 net zero goal is impossible as typically new mines won't even begin production for 15 years from inception.
Pardon my memory but I think Copper alone will see existing demand grow tenfold.
I watched a great video on this subject and I'll see if I can find a link if you like.
every single US citizen needs to subscribe to and watch this channel seriously
Imagine if this was on TV instead of CNN
Can we get the Pentagon and the fed to watch please?
This, China Insights, China Uncensored, and Business Basics are all good resources for news on China.
Im out. I prefer subscribe to American Uncovered, Paul Joseph Watson, Andrew Tate, Ben Saphiro and Bill Maher.
@@kjeremiahamoss lol! I don't know about the other channels but Paul Joseph Watson is a nutjob!
Tik Tok needs to go
Ture, Chinese own apps on your phone? No way
Sooooo true! Rots your brain.
they're trying to use tiktok to divide people here
but instead they divided tiktok users and non-tiktok users - not even many partisans are so self-absorbed they'd miss the utter ridiculousness of the nonsense that comes out of there...
at this point the only people who want to cross that gap much are those in the business of social media (like social media managers, influencers, and content creators)
Diversify to Poland and maybe Eastern Europe as wages there can be competitive for manufacturing. We certainly look forward to the day to see such changes…from Australia 🇦🇺.
I would love to see us trade more with Argentina. They have great resources for production, and could use the economic boost.
they're already an agricultural powerhouse
seeing them take off in other sectors similarly would be pretty cool to see
@@dead-claudia I agree, but they went Socialist early in the 20th century and they have been a disaster ever since. At one point their GDP per capita was higher than the US.
Argentina is an economic mess.
Argentina's economy is insane. Until they can straighten things out they'll never become the economic powerhouse people thought they were going to be in the early 20th century. In the first decade of the 1900s Argentina was wealthier on a per capita basis than Canada! It's baffling how much ground the country has lost.
Damn good video Matt thank you for your work and dedication to always keeping us informed, same goes for you Winston
In the software industry, selling one license into China is called market saturation.
This channel really needs more recognition.
Yeah, the 900k subscribers is disparagingly low.
@@teebosaurusyou still can't beat Paul joseph watson, Ben saphiro and Andrew Tate
@@kjeremiahamoss All those people are morons and I can't believe that anyone gives them money.
Thanks for raising awareness about TEMU!
India is one of the fastest growing developing countries at the moment.. Which I very much support...Their Anti Chinese government...They stand up to them...and I absolutely love the country
Temu has been buying RUclips ads like crazy. I don't know how many times a day I see them. They are on regular TV too. Me and my husband are like ain't no way we were getting that.
😂😂 selling fake electronics and cheap clothing
Yea but there is a sucker born every minute so unfortunately they will sell stuff to naive people
I only get a game ad "Top War".
I don't play games and I hate that ad so much now
Give this man 100k more subs so he can share the 1mil YT subs milestone with his mate Winston 👍🏻
There are so many opportunities in taking back what has been outsourced to china. The West has been the developer of virtually everything that's currently used by developed countries. The chinese have the advantage of a large obedient workforce that enables lower production costs. The chinese have also been successful in making Western consumers accept lower quality in favour of lower prices. We should be able to challenge both of these chinese advantages and bring manufacturing back to where it belongs. Shipping costs are much lower if manufacturing is done in the West and selling the consumer on better quality should not be impossible.
That's going to be a near on impossible thing to achieve unfortunately. Think about sports jerseys that people buy on alibaba.
Well said. It's not just America, It's Europe, Australia, South-East Asia, South America, the African continent, China has its claws in wherever there is a loophole, corruption etc. If you think America is evil, wait till xi and the ccp rule the world.
@@Micfri300 Yes, it will be a huge challenge bringing back manufacturing to the West. It may be time for the West to accept that maximizing profits for a few is not the best way to manage our country's economies. We as individuals are the consumers and we decide how and where we spend our money. Change typically happens slowly but we have to start some time to recover what we have lost. chinese food products are not as well received in the West as other chinese manufactured products because of an awareness that their low standards present an immediate threat to our health. We need to become aware that chinese manufacturing in general is a threat to our economic and political health as well.
@@apsoypike1956both crucial goals
C-Milk, I think you will find very few people want actual freedom. What they really want is entertainment and security; subsequently, they are more than willing to give up freedom to get it.
Hello I come from Indonesia, I just bought a Wuling EV car, it is the best seller of EV car in my country, and more China brand is to come, because yesterday (27/July) my president Jokowi flew to Chengdu, China to discuss more partnership in many sectors, including EV cars. It is a great news, a great decision made by great leader.
😂😝😂😂😂
I'm sure it's a lot messier than that. Any major shift these days could easily end in disaster. It's wayyy too soon to feel any sort of relief, or like we've 'pulled one over' on a major country.
Yeah that's why CCP officials are also prefer to go to America lol
They have billions of mindlessly obedient people. Who needs weapons when you control communication?
Thank you for this important information. I was thinking of trying TEMU, but no more.
Being a gadget and electronics geek, I used to order a lot of stuff from China (A battery pack from some remote central China factory to my door within 3 days! BUT NOT anymore!) I have noticed in the last 5 years the advantages of price, shipping, and unique products has dramatically evaporated. IMHO China has begun the Long March Backward. Recently I noted that China stated it would deploy thousands of satellites for internet to compete with SpaceX Starlink. If I recall China tried to build a reusable booster that looked very much like the Falcon9...oops, it didn't work and China when radio silent on that project. Maybe the satellites will be lifted up there by the amazing power of Xi.
The satellites will be lifted with balloons, as we've clearly seen them do recently.
In the 60's and 70's, Japan and Taiwan were the source of cheap goods, but they were not high tech. Although Japan did work up to that and are now among the leaders in innovation. Cheap labor hubs keep moving as corporations are constantly trying to save 3 cents for the stock holders.
When I was a child in the mid 70s I always remember made in Taiwan on my plastic toy soldiers and the were really good quality as I had them until I stopped playing war. Think you and your friend have got really good stories about working and biking around China. That massive circle off steal is a good one when authority's were on your tale in massive ghost city. And the buddur feet got wet by the flooding river which the saying was god wasn't happy. Well I'm not religious I'm agnostic but ten years bad luck god would love that religion 😮
We don’t need someone far away making all our goods. This was just to side line local union labor so the CEO could become a billionaire by not paying our countrymen livable wages they could raise a family on, which is the whole reason for working. To have a life and make a profit. Americans need to restructure our government to work for people who live here and run their businesses from here. If importers want competable tariffs they should have to build at least a third of their product(s) here. Other tariffs should give local products an edge by raising the price on the import to at least be even with local prices.
Apologies but....
Carl this is the third time you brought "China is going to collapse," to class
Some people need to listen to truth multiple times before they hear it
China is not going to collapse. Slow down probably.
Unfortunately, I get little response whenever I bring this up with people who supposedly care about human rights. They'll say it's my obligation to drive three states away to take part in a protest, but they can't even be bothered to spend 5 more minutes looking for a product that doesn't involve Uygher slaves who are raped as a form of torture.
Americans are only woke when it is convenient. Lack of principles makes a nation weak.
US propaganda.
It maybe a US propaganda.. at least US is more focus on human rights . Chinese support corrupt and dictator leaders and doesn’t care about human rights as long their interest given the priority. The whole world seen how Chinese Treated the Muslim in China..
My wife and I just had this giant argument about Chinese apps. No matter how much I tell her about the spyware, she simply refuses to get rid of TikTok. She's convinced that their datamining can't be any worse than anyone else's.
That's not a reason to get complacent with Chinese apps. It's a call to action to assert your privacy from all ends. It drives me crazy that she can't see that.
You are brainwashed and Narrow-minded, not your wife
Get a new wife
Get a new wife
@@marioalexanderski9598 No.
Wonderful video. It's also important to avoid foods from China or food that has passed through it.
There are, and have already been, companies moving out of China to cheaper pastures. I remember news articles stating so and so industry is taking their production facilities to other countries, as it was no longer financially viable to continue to operate there.
It’s been “collapsing” and “over” for years now according to RUclips thumbnails
I get Temu ads from everywhere, especially this video. Lol.
Heck, if I had a dollar for every video I've seen predicting the end/downfall/collapse of China I'd be a pretty rich person.
Anyway, another great video Matt, don't know what gave me the most laughs, the hilariously melodramatic presentation, the actual BS content, or the fact that so many people actually believe you're some sort of China ""expert"" when all you do is take stories readily available elsewhere and put your own, as I said, overly dramatic spin on them.
Oh yeah, the birds nest perched on top of your head was damn funny as well I must say.
As u said all this info is readily available elsewhere, I just come to Matt so I don’t have to go hunting myself. The downfall and collapse of China is gunna take some time and not be overnight. You see all these videos but it is happening slowly. Just give it another few decades
Best, most straight forward, summary of this situation, thank you for doing what you do.
When you were talking about the apps a advertisement for temu popped up for me. It’s been happening a lot on this channel and anything anti CCP
So fascinating! Almost like the several other YT videos that claimed china was collapsing in 20+ days…. 6 MONTHS AGO!
They will collapse but will be about ten years to complete it. They have the baby boomer retiring problem but on steroids. It's a mathematical certainty that they won't have enough population of consumers or workers due to their past one child policy and majority women in the future. It's fascinating but look into it.
can someone explain to me why mexico isnt already a production hub for american companies? theyve got super hard workers, low wages, and its a stones throw from texas and california with all their huge companies. like why set up shop in asia when they can do it much closer to home?
It used to be back around the 60s to the 80s before China undercut them. Mexican products were reliable.
Excellent question. Because it's not a safe country and the cost of corruption is too high
Corruption, violence, the fact that a Mexican won't work nearly the same hours or intensity that a Chinese will. The fact that if you push a Mexican workforce too hard they will foment a worker's revolution. The fact that the Chinese will build the massive required infrastructure for a manufacturing project in the same time it takes Mexico to get out of bed in the morning.
I think one big factor is marketing. Mexico didn't send massive amount of outsourcing offers to American companies. But Chinese companies did, during early 2000s.
Other factors, yes, security. During 2000s, Mexican borders are mostly controlled by militarized drug cartels. No company wants to deal with that, having your shipments potentially robbed or your business contact kidnapped for ransom.
China has not been a "cheap" place to manufacture anything for quite some time due to the rise in living standards.
Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam have taken the low skilled labour factory work now for some time.
I can feel your frustration at @10:13 when I see people still playing Nikke, Genshin Impact, Girls Frontline, or Azur lane
TEMU needs to be shut down. I expect they will eventually be sued into oblivion, but how much damage will they do before that?
How much have they already done
Don't understand, how is temu a threat.
Never mind, got to that part of video.
Mexico is surging ahead by leaps and bounds to take over for China when it comes to industry.
I'll be happy when our idiot leaders make our country strong instead of pilfering the pockets of the populace
Please get these guys in front of some competent lawmakers
And demand green card RECIPROCITY for American expats in Asia. Reciprocal civil and property rights in every country, bilaterally or not at all, BOTH ways.
I don't know man, it's looking awfully bleak at the moment.
I speak from the future of July 4, 2023 to say that you were right! You posted this video four months ago from my perspective and at the time that you posted it you were absolutely correct in what you said. Thank you.
Excellent video! Matt, you're a treasure!
I don't think China is ad weak as you say.
They control the world's top producing countries of critical raw materials like gold, lithium, cobalt, etc.
Yeah but look at alot of africa having materials doesn't always work.
I don’t know about Mexico right now man. Between their President, the cartels and the violence things seem pretty rocky.
Oh yeah. Not my happy place.
As a Mexican, I am honored to have Mexico as the source for chip fabrication.
Trump talked about moving pharmaceutical production from China to Puerto Rico to help strengthen it's economy and it wasn't a bad idea. I saw a German company with a plant in Puerto Rico and people loved it there.
As an America I'd much rather chips come from Mexico instead of China.
Thank you,
Laowhy86
I suggest Poland and Thai.
50 cent spatula and a dancing dog is a term I think im going to start using one way or another for anything someone does for convenience that also hurts themselves or others.
Ever use a self checkout? You just stole somebody's job for "convenience". You just made the rich richer for "convenience". And when your neighbors have no jobs who will buy your goods and services? Americans wake up and realize you benefit when other Americans have jobs.
I still buy from China, however I'm also finding products at the same price or less from other countries. Still, sometimes they do come up with cool products here and there but their rising prices makes me look elsewhere. Some smaller mom/pop stores in China are pretty good.
I mean, not buying Chinese stuff is hard, so that's understandable. Just continue to avoid it when possible.
i was already very picky and choosy with chinese goods and services years ago - most are junk but i for years used a mockup program i liked that happened to be chinese and i also am still happy about my high-quality bed frame i got for a nice bargain of about $100 from a chinese company that i still use to this day
this crap from the ccp just reinforces my behavior and justifies my pickiness and choosiness further - i'd love to support chinese companies, but only when ik it's going to respectable people and not a bunch of powerful, heartless bastards who care for their own lives and literally nobody else beyond the bare minimum it would serve themselves
and unfortunately, those very bastards strongarmed most the businesses i'd actually work with out of sheer greed and power lust, and are systemically worming their way into making it impossible to sell literally anything from china without benefiting them greatly
Normally I would be for staying and fighting.
For the people in China on the other hand, I hope they can find a way to leave as soon as possible
The combination of relatively cheap labor *and world class infrastructure* has been the key to the PRC's development. As countries like Vietnam and Mexico improve their infrastructure, that margin shrinks for China.
You are the man Iaowhy 2 thumbs up my friend!!!!
1st ad was for Tumu. Of course I clicked so they pay a higher ad fee :)
I don’t understand🤔 please explain, because if I can stick it to them😊 by making them pay more, I will gladly do the same😂😂😂
@@TAZ0300 Many ads are pay by click. The more clicks, the more they pay.
@@TAZ0300 If you see a Temu advertisement. Click on it and let it open a new tab. They will pay more for clicks. I believe it the difference of $.25 verses $1.25 if clicked onit. Sorry for the mis-spelling of Temu and I said Tumu.
@@jessn.3851um...bot much?
@Dana Rzechula I'm not a bot. Sometimes there's a an error where things are posted multiple times. 😬
Great job calling them out on their wrongs
two WONGS dont make a WANG
@joseph berrie 😅
Excellent. Thank you for the hard work.rock on
youre welcome my son
We love your show all my friends keep doing we support you 😉👋🙂🙂💘🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇹🇼
I've been boycotting Chinese products and services since 1989. It's about time everyone else woke up!
Hat off to you, good sir
Funny enough that’s the same year when the Tiananmen square massacre happen
@@ThuanGiaPhan That's no coincidence!
One of the reasons that products from China are so cheap is because of their cheap transport costs enabled by their ( developing nation ) status , we need to rescind this status
No reason to continue CCP China developing nations status. Xi Jinping has declared victory over poverty, and they have space programs! Enough already with the priviledge.
yeah the international subsidised reduced postal rate because china is considered 'developing'
Thank you stop feeding the dog that bites you
I've started to become more conscientious with my purchases. If I have the option between a Chinese made product or another country's product, I will always prefer the non-chinese option. My money will not support a totalitarian regime anylonger and I will not support the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs.
Thank you bringing this to my attention.
Ayo I clearly have the notification bell for your channel on and yet I haven’t been notified of new uploads for 2 months…what the
Yes our previous governments did make make mistakes but now banning most of the Chinese apps and changing the general stance of our country are worth appreciation!
Oh no, what will I do without AliExpress?
Buy less things.
Buy less junk and support local manufacturer and dealer
@@SD_Alias I try, but beeing first world poor it isn't easy sometimes. Even if you buy a product from a local company 90% is source products come from china anyway so Potato potaaaaato
@@andreyhempburn I know, i am not rich either. I am called "a working poor" here in Europe. But consuming less and spend a bit more on fewer but neccessary goods which are produced not in China is difficult but not impossible. I know we are too dependent on china meanwhile but it is not too late to revert that process.
@@SD_Alias I would really like to, but find me a small DC motor made in europe that costs less than 2x the Chinese price. Or find a solar Panel that doesnt cost 4x.
Face saving = narcissism
tbf in china there are some cultural pressures involved too
face culture's a two-way street and it exists to an extent in most of east asia - mainland china's just the worst of all of them. part of face culture isn't just your own, but people there do care about the appearance of infallibility in others and will even vote with their wallet, valuing companies with the appearance of dignity over companies that have the best reviews etc. china's the worst of the lot (why they struggle at luxury), but it's also led to a severe overworking problem (one so bad that it's creating a demographic crisis) in south korea that's proven so difficult to crack that the gov there is trying to actively introduce some western ideals into south korean culture in sheer desperation
Bingo and the West should call out face saving for what it is 😉👌
@@dead-claudia That's very interesting. great Korea is trying to do sth about it. Narcism is a problem everywhere, this issue needs major cultural change.
The sad part is that We as the USA developed almost every thing . WE MUST UNDERSTAND that EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS in CHINA is PART of the CHINESE MILITARY , EVERY SINGLE 1
You made some excellent points about China and its economic growth!
I’m gonna be honest here, you’ve said things like “China is finished” a bunch of times but then it’s the opposite. I don’t particularly like China as a country and sure as hell wanna see some reporting on its seedy side, but we’re a long way from it being kicked off the stage
Once again, very informative
Getting away from China still just seems impossible for so many different reasons. Global trade isn't simple anymore and is starting to become a headache. Without China there's no telling what the world would have been. Idk I'm only 30. Idk the world before China. I just know the global population was a lot smaller, younger, poorer. Now we're so wrapped up in this economy that's clearly completely falling apart all over the place. Man this is going to be painful.
Edit: holy crap capcut is Chinese? I didn't know that I been using that for a while. Dang man I gotta start doing more research.
I'm 60 and before china there were jobs every where in Australia now its manly white collar office and service industry cleaners, maintenance and no real production
I was in the technical smithing and heat treatment, friends and relatives all employed in pretty well paid production jobs that's all gone now
my last job was changing air fresheners in bathrooms for F...sake
Wrong. The world was richer and better off before china
@@jeffreyterrio5665 the global gdp grew 20 times larger and the Chinese people were literally eating each other for survival. So how am I wrong?
Indeed. Many things necessary for independent growth are painful. Like moving out of Mommy's house
@@mrmadunit3923Aussie government in bed with China. Totally betrayed their people
i am a Singaporean, i was rejected from entering China today at the Shenzhen custom, the officers were so rude and anti foreigners.
Singaporean was supposed to have a 14 days free visa.. the Chinese custom suspended this although they have claimed to reopen all customs fully.. its absolutely unreasonable
laowhy please let me know any avenues i can complain on them
How did I get from watching this guy tool around on a motorcycle in China to this? Well, I support it.
Oh well, I also want to travel to China. But not now
Great video as always Laowhy.