Originally published at: The 'Going Global' Mindset: Why Small Business Owners Are Eyeing Southeast Asia - China Comes
Across China’s industrial belts, owners of 50- to 300-person factories are looking south. They are not giants, and their motives are not grand: thinner domestic orders, spreading supply chains, and customers who want a second country on the label. Going global is less a slogan than a series of practical questions about cost, trust, and adaptation.