Why Apple Is In China

The Shape of Everything
A website mostly about Mac stuff, written by August "Gus" Mueller
April 5, 2012

mark[sweep]: The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can’t Build iPads in the US:

"Imagine if Apple built a Foxconn-style final assembly plant in California. They could literally be screwed waiting for new screws to come via cargo ship across the ocean."

Via Hacker News.