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What Molson Hart thinks about China

@molson-hart · 21 positions · 0 changes of mind

Manufacturer and founder of Viahart, which makes educational toys. He has spent fifteen years manufacturing in China, Southeast Asia and the Americas, worked on a Chinese factory floor and built a factory in Texas, and writes about what moving a production line actually involves at molsonhart.com.

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7 dated positions, 2021 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Molson Hart has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingCheap labour is not the real reason the world's goods are made in China.

    Their wordsYes, the labor is cheaper, but that’s not really why.

    ↗Chinese Labor Isn't Just Cheaper; It’s Better. We Need to Fix That.molsonhart.com 1st of 4 in this piece

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  3. Our readingRebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do.

    Their wordsAmerica needs an educational and cultural transformation to compete with China and reverse the decline in living standards that Americans have suffered over decades.

    ↗Chinese Labor Isn't Just Cheaper; It’s Better. We Need to Fix That.molsonhart.com 4th of 4 in this piece

    Americatariffs

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  4. 9 months earlier

  5. Our readingChina's manufacturing dominance rests on work ethic, knowhow and infrastructure rather than on low wages, because many countries pay less and cannot do it.

    Their wordsIt’s the work ethic, knowhow, commitment, combined with top notch infrastructure, that makes China the most powerful manufacturing country in the world today.

    ↗America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Backmolsonhart.com 4th of 16 in this piece

    infrastructure

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  7. Our readingAmerican electricity generation per person has been flat since 2000 while China's has quadrupled, and manufacturing is why.

    Their wordsSince the year 2000, US electricity generation per person has been flat.

    ↗America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Backmolsonhart.com 5th of 16 in this piece

    energyAmerica

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  9. Our readingChina already installs several times more industrial robots a year than the United States does, and cheaper ones.

    Their wordsFirst, China, on a yearly basis installs 7x as many industrial robots as we do in the United States.

    ↗America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Backmolsonhart.com 10th of 16 in this piece

    Americarobotics

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  11. Our readingThe 2018 tariffs moved production to Vietnam rather than back to the United States.

    Their wordsWhen the United States applied tariffs to China, it shifted huge amounts of manufacturing to Vietnam, which did not have tariffs applied to it.

    ↗America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Backmolsonhart.com 12th of 16 in this piece

    Americatariffs

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  12. 4 years earlier

  13. Our readingHaving taken over the making of physical goods, Chinese firms are now moving up into designing, branding and selling them.

    Their wordsWe are transitioning from a world where everything is made in China, to one where everything is designed and sold by China too.

    ↗Is China Taking Over US Retail?molsonhart.com

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