India taps tech talent in China (NYTimes via IHT)

[Also in the San Jose Mercury News as Indian outsourcing firms outsourcing jobs to China]

Infosys, the Bangalore software-services company, and other top Indian outsourcing rivals, including Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro Technologies, are doing application development and maintenance work in China as they grow rapidly to keep up with booming demand from the West for their services.

And they are quickly concluding that only China has a worker base equal to India's in terms of cost, quality and scale. Expansion there also offers the ability to cater to -- and possibly garner more of -- the local and regional markets, including Japan.

The Chinese govt is doing its part by offering high-quality infrastructure at low costs.

How long before the Indian workers start noticing the effects?