MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." Those statements can be found at the back of any iPhone or iPad as long-time Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) fans will surely know.   These words reinforce a commonly-held assmumption that explains the weakness of US manufacturing and why Apple doesn’t build its products at home -- namely that the Cupertino California-based company has outsourced the bulk of its production to China because American workers are unable to accept the low wages and long hours Chinese employees tolerate. Certainly there’s been plenty of media coverage this year about the exploitative working ...