&gt; Everything Facebook, Google and Microsoft designs gets built here (or nearby) anyway.<p>I&#x27;m going to have to disagree here. The vast majority of stuff is designed or thought up elsewhere. Things might get assembled or manufactured in Shenzhen (it is after all, the manufacturing capital of the world) but the innovations aren&#x27;t coming from China. In fact, China doesn&#x27;t even rate that high on manufacturing innovation (they rank 41st place). While they may manufacturer more than anyone else, the bulk of their manufacturing is low tech stuff (Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;graphics&#x2F;2015-innovative-countries&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;graphics&#x2F;2015-innovative-countries&#x2F;</a>). - Scroll down to manufacturing.