For years the world thought China’s advantage was cheap labour. That era is over.

 

Barrett

@BarrettYouTube

For years the world thought China’s advantage was cheap labour. That era is over. I spent a week inside some of China’s most advanced factories in Ningbo, and what I saw was something very different: world-class automation, AI, 5G manufacturing, robotics, and companies building their own global brands instead of manufacturing for someone else’s. Countries hoping to compete with China won’t just need lower costs, they’ll need to match decades of investment in supply chains, infrastructure, engineering talent and manufacturing scale. The world is changing far faster than many people realise.

11:41 AM · Jul 3, 2026

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