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Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.

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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
Columnist
Journalist
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Saint Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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