In Reply to: "Their best workmanship is a fair match for that of anyone else." posted by Chip647 on June 24, 2016 at 15:28:55:
You would think so, but the process of importing to the West filters out the worst of it. The chaff gets sold locally. Product quality in the domestic market is absolutely appalling, so bad even the Chinese don't want it. They pay a huge premium to get items from Taiwan, Japan and the West. In fact, the prices on Western-brand goods are 5-10 times what they cost in the States, and I'm certain at least 2/3 of those are fakes. I've been to China many times, and I could tell you much more about the exceedingly poor quality of Chinese products. Stainless silverware that rusts, blow dryers that catch fire, kitchen knives that bend like copper, 15A extension cords made from 30 gauge wire, etc., etc. Really, most Westerners don't know how good we've got it. The real surprise will come when China finally demolishes what remains of our industries, and the junk they live with now becomes all we can afford to buy. Very sad.
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- "That must be domestic market. " - Triode_Kingdom 18:19:12 06/24/16 (0)