>"In the future they may be paying some $500 more for [U.S.] products, but those do not necessarily work better than a $300 phone," he said, after urging U.S. authorities to provide concessions on land and electricity to facilitate Foxconn's manufacturing operations.
>Despite such U.S. investment, China remains a key market and the primary manufacturing base for Apple and Foxconn, and neither company is leaving anytime soon.
>"Yes, we will continue to add to our investments in China," Gou told reporters. "China is the world's biggest market, and why should we turn down the biggest market?"
>Meanwhile, although Apple's sales in the greater China region declined 30% year-on-year through the end of the September quarter, chief executive Tim Cook remained optimistic about the Chinese market.
This is another piece in the puzzle. For Apple, defending North American market is essential. Starting manufacturing in US might be admitting that it has lost Chinese and Asian markets.
Is China the biggest market as Gou told? For many consumer products and electronics China is the biggest or becoming the biggest market. Surprisingly many products are released first China only.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/14/news/economy/china-middle-cl...
>China's middle class is now the biggest in the world, and growing much faster than America's, according to research by Credit Suisse. There are 109 million Chinese with wealth of between $50,000 and $500,000.