Subj : How far I've come...
To   : MRO
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Jan 28 2023 07:15 am

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Thu Jan 26 2023 08:47 pm

 > I don't think we're at the point where china makes cheap junk.

Pretty much this.

China used to be the laughting stock of the world, selling cheap junk which was
good for barely anything. They aren't anymore.

So many foreigner countries helped the Chinesse build their industry to produce
merchandise up to European and American standards that at some point they
realized they could use that infrastructure and experience to produce it
themselves. If an European clock manufacturer funds a clock factory in china,
and sends an European foreman to oversee the production of watches, you will
find that factory produces watches under a Chinesse brand when the foreman is
not looking, using European standards and the toolchains the Europeans bought
for them. It happens in Morocco all the time too.

A contruction engineer I know used to warn us in the early 2010s. "Chinesse
construction steel is no longer total junk. They are starting to show up with
quality stuff."


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