28. A big report in The Times last Sunday laid out the facts. Although Apple is now America’sbiggest U.S. corporation as measured by market value, it employs only 43,000 people in theUnited States, a tenth as many as General Motors employed when it was the largest Americanfirm.
(A) Apple does, however, indirectly employ around 700,000 people in its various suppliers.
(B) Unfortunately, almost none of those people are in America.
(C) As the article explained, it’s not just about low wages.
(D) Why does Apple manufacture abroad, and especially in China?¯