> A lot of what comes from China might be low quality
This is also Western boomer mentality and it's alarming that people haven't realized it.
I work in manufacturing in NA and America is rapidly falling behind China on the ability to manufacture quality high-tech goods. It's not something that's on the horizon, it's something that's already happened. We still have an edge in semiconductors but even that is eroding (just look at the hollowing out of Intel in the last half decade).
Seriously, as an European who’s lived in the US for many years: older or more traditional US products might be of higher quality than anything from China — think Milwaukee tools or KitchenAid mixers. But anything new tech or electronic? Are you kidding me? China has long managed to change people’s opinion on that. Made in China is OK by now, just like Made in Japan got in the 80s and Made in Korea in 2000s.
This. I have seen Western companies trying to "just copy" chinese hardware and realise it's a lot easier said than done.
Most people I talk to have this mentality of "China is making cheap copies of stuff", but in what I see (e.g. drones) China is way ahead and we don't manage to "just copy".
This is also Western boomer mentality and it's alarming that people haven't realized it.
I work in manufacturing in NA and America is rapidly falling behind China on the ability to manufacture quality high-tech goods. It's not something that's on the horizon, it's something that's already happened. We still have an edge in semiconductors but even that is eroding (just look at the hollowing out of Intel in the last half decade).