i am working on a project with my logistics budget, but not company resource, as it is strictly relating to my own tasks.
therefore, do not want to kill the project with a big budget.

question: what are the differences dropping RFP on the market here and doing it in china? i remember a shenzhen based chinese group did job for AOL STB O/S at an amzingly low price! wonder if there are some real experienced guys out there in china with creditable reference on real biz or industrial app.s? would it really be worth it by going to china market for less?
are they pro?

i hear following places are good programmer bases: shenzhen, chengdu, beijing (higher costs but more experiences in real biz app supposedly) wuhan and hangzhou.

real simple jobs:

web front, sql db, a couple of app server modules…all in java
a lot of xml/api links to 3rd party web n db servers and to our own db at the company

this is multi phase development/trial run/debug/documentation, must be scalable….phase 1 ought start shortly

any tips/recommendations would be greatly appreciated

again, allow me taking this opportunity to express my gratitute to the following gentlemen for their kind supports

traveller on 3D modeling and optimization
pbird on xml/api
oriental express,"guixin" and ferncrest on data mining

looking back to the path i came through during the past few months, i have picked up a lot from here patching up the pot holes. if it was’nt for the above described group of gentlemen stepped up and came forward, i would have barried myself in a lot of googling and white paper reading…

guys like these gentlemen are the reasons keep me coming back.