pro10is wrote:
tonystott wrote:
And they said much the same about Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean manufactured products. Check out the nationality of the top five brands in the JD Power survey. ..
What point are you trying to make? The only thing those countries have in common is that they are Asian. Are you saying that because China is in Asia they will have similar quality as products in other countries in Asia? I'm not following your reasoning. That's like saying products from Canada, US, Mexico, Cuba, El Salvatore, and Nicaragua share similar quality because they are all in North America. Being in the same continent is no bases for a comparison of product quality.
Everyone knows first hand that China sells products based primarily on price, not quality. Unless some name brand company is closely monitoring quality control, Chinese products are certainly not noted for quality. But they are cheap.
Please don't try to put words in my mouth and turn it into some sort of race issue. The fact that they are Asian is a total coincidence.
Anybody with a modicum of knowledge knows that some countries have moved (starting chronologically with Japan, Hongkong, then Taiwan and South Korea) into the manufacturing age following a pattern.
1. Copy or obtain obsolete tooling to produce often quaint products.
2. Develop designers and/or employ designers from established sources.
3. Produce similar products but at lower prices due to lesser labour costs
4. Build new factories employing latest robotic technology
5. Produce products extremely competitive in every way with those produced from the established sources.
It is a worthwhile exercise to closely check the real sources of many, many "brand name" products. To unilaterally dismiss Chinese products as inferior is either ignorant or something worse. Remember when the world laughed at the early manufacturing and design efforts of Japan?