Zhang Jiang, a slim 21-year-old, previously assembled laptop computers at another company in Shanghai.

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More than half of the world's silicon chips and 85% of its personal computers are assembled in Asia.

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Wall Street investment banks are ordering their computers in pre-assembled racks to save on installation costs and time.

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Now multiply that process by the hundreds of other similarly ubiquitous devices and gadgets: computers, Blu-Ray devices, and every other product that is designed in the United States and assembled in China from components made in the United States and elsewhere.

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