This comes as little surprise upon thinking about the cost structure which seems to still aptly define the Chinese economy. With the cost of manufacturing still relatively low on a global scale, it should at least in part follow from this that opportunities for hardware startups would be relatively greater.
Seems in line with what PG has been saying recently about the increasing number, and feasibility, of hardware-based startups:<p><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hw.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/hw.html</a>