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ELI5: Why is everything made in China?
gpt
I don't know how specific of an answer you are looking for, there are a lot of factors. But basically china is known to be keeping its currency at artificially low rates. When their "dollar" is weaker, we can buy more shit from them with our dollar. about 6 yuan to one USD. This is important because assume they pump out a toothbrush that costs 1 "dollar". We can now buy 6 of those. this is the ( cheap imports)

On top of that, the laws in china regarding labor, factory safety, workers rights, are much less strict than our own. So they can legally work someone long hours for shit pay in a rusty building.

Long story short, its cheaper to pay someone 5 Yuan an hour. ( less than 1USD) and then pay to ship it overseas than it is to build the factory here, hire unionized workers for 10 bucks an hour. AND deal with all the legal stuff. Pensions, Workers comp etc.