THE INFLUENCE OF LOWER MANUFACTURING COSTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON CHINESE MANUFACTURING. Yuantian Zhang, Michel Plaisent, Bernard, P., & Chiang, J. Indian Streams Research Journal, June, 2014.
THE INFLUENCE OF LOWER MANUFACTURING COSTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON CHINESE MANUFACTURING [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The study focused on the scenario that a major part of the Chinese manufacturing industries are gradually losing their comparative advantages when it comes to providing low labor cost over the other Southeast Asian countries who offer much lower prices. Statistical analysis on the volumes of investments made by European countries in China and other Southeast Asian countries in the last five (5) years had been done in order to determine its impact on various manufacturing industries of these countries such as clothing, leather, textiles and electronics. Findings revealed that in the recent years, foreign merchants or investors had been gradually shifting their investment to South East Asian countries and based on the merits of low labor costs this creates effects on the plight of the manufacturing industries inside China. This paper then proposes relative counter-measures that will maintain the edge and influence of Chinese manufacturing in the global production of goods.

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