&gt; The jobs did not go to robots in America, they went to workers in China.<p>They went to robots in China. There was a very good video documentary on this in (I think) The New York Times not long ago, but I haven&#x27;t been able to find it. This is close, anyway, and provides context: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;automaton&#x2F;robotics&#x2F;industrial-robots&#x2F;chinese-unmanned-factory-replaces-humans-with-robots" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;automaton&#x2F;robotics&#x2F;industrial-robot...</a><p>&gt; The city of Dongguan plans to finish 1,000 to 1,500 “Robot Replace Human” programs by 2016, which (if done on a similar scale to the example above) would vastly increase production and improve quality while putting nearly a million people out of work.