China Overtakes US as Supplier of IT Goods

Ant writes "CNET News.com is reporting that 'after almost a decade of explosive growth in its electronics sector, China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest supplier of Information Technology goods, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.' From the article: "The most spectacular demonstration of China's ambition to become a consumer electronics heavyweight came in May this year when Lenovo, the Chinese computer maker, paid $1.75 billion to buy IBM's personal computer unit."

Comments

I for one

[daliman]

... welcome our new chinese overlords. Better than the old ones...

This surprised me... Pentium II ?

[vistic]

"Leading integrated circuit manufacturers, however, have avoided setting up fabrication facilities in China in order to protect their chip designs and manufacturing technology. This means that China is still heavily dependent on imports of advanced chips it needs to assemble electronic products. [...] Also, Tsinghua University has produced a microprocessor that matches Intel's Pentium II."

Wow... a Pentium II? I suppose that's pretty advanced, but I honestly thought they would be able to produce something better on their own.

The Peoples Tivo

[Soporific]

I wonder what selections the party has made for my viewing pleasure today?

~S

Re:Why this is

[capt.Hij]

Absolutely right. It is the poor, poor, executives that make the sacrifices here in the US while the over fed, over indulgent, over rich workers make out like bandits. If it were not for the unions those poor robber barrons would have kept our standard of living comparable to China's where it belongs.

</irony>

You can always be THEIR helpdesk

[gelfling]

Soon we will be their customer support function - 20 years, tops.

Yeah but...

[infinite9]

Yeah but have you ever seen a japanese-run minimart?