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		williamDafoe on Oct 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in produc... My friend ran an LED manufacturer in Taiwan. They were destroyed by China's federal government policy which basically subsidized (free housing) all the Chinese LEDs until all the Taiwan companies were dead.

AFascistWorld on Oct 5, 2019 | | [–]

LED is especially brutal, there are few that produce chips but everybody can do the assembly.

You can buy a 3W bulb plus shipping for 1 RMB at anytime, including big brands, 1 RMB, that's $0.1399.

baybal2 on Oct 5, 2019 | | [–]

Lol, most LEDs in China are in fact from Taiwanese wafers, and some are from direct competitors.

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