China's recent industrial revolution occurred with a poorly trained workforce and no tradition of quality control either for incoming raw materials or for the production process itself. The emphasis was upon mass production, not on quality and Chinese products had a reputation for failure.
Japan who had an industrial revolution in the 1950's went through the same process, making unreliable and odd motorbikes and cars until they started getting things right in the 1960's when their transistor based electronics burst forth upon the world.
When Japanese customers buy from China they demand proper quality standards, so Japanese labelled Chinese made goods are of high quality; while the rest of the world buying on price alone get what they deserve and face the consequences of substandard goods.
I spent last summer rebuilding Chinese made shower screens, there were design, manufacturing and assembly faults that had to be corrected. There was no feedback through the manufacturing process so the same mistakes were repeated over several orders and production runs.
If you must get Chinese made goods get those intended for the Japanese market rather than for Europe or America. As the customer services departments get tired of complaints for shoddily made goods the Chinese quality standards will gradually rise but so will their prices, allowing goods to be made elsewhere in the world.
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04-23-2013, 10:30 PM
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