RE: CDN $There will come a day when the China strategy (for any North American manufacturer) will no longer be in favour. Geopolitical and other reasons will come into play that are too long to discuss here and far enough down the road to not matter at this point. But it will happen. You can then remember you read it here first way back when....globalization will take a swift turn at some point.
In the mean time, the US acquisition strategy is the right way to go to stem the currency exchange variables, as the US also allows outsourcing to China (for now)....and stick with low to mid volume niche markets.