On a semi-related note, I recently acquired my first client in Asia (Taiwan, to be exact), which kind of qualifies as reverse-outsourcing, don't you think? Oh, the ironies abound here, believe me. I've been communicating and dealing with Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong factory printers for about 15 years because that's where most all the packaging for most everything you buy is printed now. As the US printing industry started to lose business, the graphic design industry also began to suffer the effects of the modern "ever-lower cost" mentality... in other words, most of us have been forced to lower our rates rather substantially over the last decade, especially small design entities like mine. I have long dubbed this the "Walmart* Effect" or the "Chinafication of America"... in other words, apparently the goal is to get us all working for about the same wages as the millions of grossly underpaid Asian workers. 

The other irony here is that my new Asian client is (so far) not the same kind of penny-pincher as most of my American clients. They are actually a pleasure to work with all around... maybe because they know what it's like to be constantly beaten down in price while the expectations of service continually increase to near-ridiculous proportions... yes, strangely, the Asians and I are kindred spirits, I think.

Funny world.