China's Manufacturing

Two interesting articles from Business Week:

• China Losing Luster with U.S. Manufacturers - Product quality and intellectual property concerns.
• Can the U.S. Bring Jobs Back from China? - About how in some industries it's not possible to bring them back because the suppliers are no longer in the US and China has been increasing it's productivity so that it is higher than US companies in some industries.

It's good the author recognizes that China offers more than low priced labor, but there are trade offs. The product quality area is a huge danger for China's economy.