Outsourcing to the US
From China?
Nanjing [Automobile Group], which purchased the assets of the bankrupt MG Rover Group last year, aims to be the first Chinese carmaker to open a factory in the United States. The company has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday in Oklahoma to announce plans to build a newly designed MG TF Coupe there, starting in 2008. It said the coupe would compete with cars like the Mazda Miata, which sells for $20,000 to $25,000.
Also, I don’t have independent confirmation, but my mom tells me my hometown in Georgia recently reached an agreement with a Chinese company to build a factory there. Next thing you know the godless Manchurian commies will buy Rockefeller Center, or maybe a baseball team. Or, since they seem to be favoring the South, perhaps NASCAR.
July 12th, 2006 at 11:36 am
I heard an NPR spot a month or two ago that featured an the owner of an Indian Call Center. His company plans to open a call center in Iowa in the next year.
July 14th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
This whole thing strikes me as very strange. Is it possible the Chinese are just saying they will be doing this so as to gain political points in the U.S. for now?
March 14th, 2008 at 1:55 am
“This whole thing strikes me as very strange. Is it possible the Chinese are just saying they will be doing this so as to gain political points in the U.S. for now?”
I think so… It all boils down to strategy.