Subscribe RSSUnequivalent to the manufacturing industry in the West that gave birth to a middle class of both white-collar and blue-collar workers, manufacturers in China mostly absorb leftovers labor from rural areas with few skills. Those rural migrant workers live in dormitories, earn very low incomes (about $100 to $200 a month) and by no means fit into the category of the middle class.
While people in the West fear China as a global manufacturing powerhouse, the Chinese consider their manufacturers to be the sweatshops for the in every way and see themselves as being in a disadvantageous position.
Contrary to the conventional view, manufacturing in the U. S. has been growing in the past two decades despite the decline in manufacturing jobs. The latest information show that the United States is still the largest manufacturer in the world. In 2008, U.S. manufacturing output was $1.8 trillion, compared to $1.4 trillion in China. This means that the Pooled States is producing goods with higher value, such as airplanes and medical equipment.
