My takes on some of this-
>Why is everything 'really' made in China?
>Cost savings?
Q says expand you thinking. We The People are told costs by our “employers” as they ship our jobs overseas. Another excuse is “global competition”. In terms of classic economic and business models this is true, but only part of the story. So I will try to expand my thinking globally, while using the classic “follow the money, follow who benefits”
Who benefits from things made in China? The Chinese! They keep their people under control in horrid work conditions. Can’t kick up a fuss if you are tired all the time, and at least fed. Chinese factories work 24X7, even the workers live in factory towns. The famous “apple factory suicide net”. You are not allowed to even check out. Your death is controlled.
Yes cost- China isn’t leftist, nor is it green, or Union. China allows for industrial era pollution w/o regulations and restrictions. China uses coal. The consumers of the goods in the USA don’t have to live with the filth. As far as the Chinese, have you ever heard or seen of a civil suit filed by Chinese for health issues? Have you ever heard of anyone suing the Chinese and WINNING? China does not have a welfare state. So all the lefties at the FGAM sillycon valley types can buy their stuff and not be force to confront their hypocrisy. “Green” is an illusion. Global warming is a farce. But China doesn’t “pay” for global warming. Only certain nations pay for global warming. The UN wins with wealth Transfer and Al Gore wins by getting wealthy.
China gets free education and free systems and products to reverse engineer. I met a US guy in the textile manufacturing business in India. He said if you ever want your manufacturing business to go under, he said manufacture your goods in China. They will steal you blind. They run the factory 24X7 but you don’t get the full runs. They take the extra runs made with your factory and undercut you. You go bankrupt and China gets a cutting edge textile factory.
Who also wins?
World wide shipping and distribution. They win bigly. Who is big in WW shipping? Maersk, China, Germany, SA….hmmm
https:// moverdb.com/shipping-companies/
https:// www.ship-technology.com/features/featuremega-shippers-the-worlds-10-biggest-shipping-companies-4518689/
What is shipped in containers? Recent news says..humans. Who checks a Saudi Arabian shipping ship in an Arab port? Hmmm.