Made in China -- With Neighbors' Imports: Region Growing Dependent on Giant Market (by Peter S. Goodman). But

as Chinese manufacturing grows in sophistication, it likely will eat into the flow of finished products those countries send directly to the United States, Europe and Japan.

Still, as one poultry executive is quoted,

"If you make Chinese people richer, they are going to want all those things people want," he said. "Can you imagine 1.3 billion people eating the way Americans eat? There might not be enough chicken in all the world."

And meanwhile,

Southeast Asia's leaders are now intent on preserving their place in the global supply chain by raising their production standards and shifting into more high-tech goods, avoiding price competition with China...

Now, Penang is making a push into biotechnology...

Why not stem cell research, while they're at it?