&#62; <i>Can you explain why only Apple, when overwhelmingly majority of american consumer goods are manufactured/assembled in China?</i><p>because the overwhelming majority of consumer goods i buy are from apple.<p>I think China has a bad enough reputation that advertising that it's not made in china won't be like shooting yourself in the leg. Although I also agree that it is vastly the governments (and thus our) faults for Initially legitimizing the government (or maybe nixon's fault). Unfortunately government action would be too strong an attack, and so would a massive boycott.  so that's why a slow public opinion change, like my opinion, that actually makes it advantageous for companies to not make their crap in China.<p>If apple stopped making stuff in China, I might just upgrade more often. Now multiply that times every apple fanboy/girl and it's apple no longer has to shoot it's own foot.