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In Reply to: RE: Why all the Chinese bashing? I recall (okay, not a few years, now…) posted by tinear on October 27, 2014 at 12:26:01
Just an observation from someone that works in the tech biz and deals with customers all over the world. My experience with China is that its culturally acceptable to basically do anything to make a buck. So when it comes time to make the steel or the semiconductor or powdered milk or sheetrock, and it's a bit less to cheat on the ingredients or the recipe, it's perfectly acceptable to do that.
A friend of mine spent a year there trying to get a semiconductor fab to use the same process used in the states. after a year was over he gave up. He said as long as you were watching them do everything, they would do it right. As soon as you turn your back, they go right back to the shortcuts. The product would work initially but fail any long term reliability tests.
Do enough to get your money and don't worry about what happens down the road. It's just not important. Anyone that pays attention sees examples of it on a regular basis. be it baby formula, sheet rock, parts for the bay bridge, accelerator linkages for aston Martin, and the list goes on and on.
And when these things happen, you don't see them all that shocked or embarrassed. It's just what you do to make a buck.
The Japanese on the other hand, wanted to be the best and were embarrassed by being considered junk. They learned American quality standards and built upon them, always trying to improve. I have seen no sign of this with the Chinese companies I deal with.
The Chinese will likely get there one day, but I think it's going to take a lot longer than it did with Japan and Korea.
Follow Ups:
The manufacturer of Semiconductor manufacturing equipment I maintained sent out a memo stating how to inspect their equipment for bogus wiring that was found to be the root cause of an electrical fire in a $1.5M piece of equipment.
The assembly of wiring harnesses had been moved from Arizona to China.
Before semiconductor equipment maintenance I was an auto mechanic at a Mazda dealer and was very impressed with the design, material quality, and workmanship of their cars and trucks within their price range.
What does Mazda have to do with the Chinese?
Mazda have an engine factory in China in a joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and Ford Motor Company.
Smile
Sox
Edits: 10/27/14
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