Manufacturing labor was heading out of the country long before global warming was a thing. Nothing evil about it: labor flows to where the costs are lowest. Same as laborers flow to where they can make the most money.
Nobody asks what Xhen Joue was doing for a living before he came to Apple, or what he was earning.
If you look at the peak in the chart below, you might remember that 1978 was the year China began to open up to foreign investments and companies. Odds are the peak would have come sooner if the Nationalists hadn't lost power.
The drop in recent years (prior to the recession) may be largely due to the vast improvement in communications technology, making running factories overseas considerably easier.
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Sorry...no.
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- Following the money.