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Post by chessparov on Jul 14, 2024 14:53:29 GMT -6
I remember in the late 60s when people made fun of Japanese manufactured cars. Not too long after that, Japan had the last laugh and the U.S. had a trade imbalance. The U.S. auto industry had some real competition and had to get their act together. I suspect the same is going to happen with China's electronics. In the mandolin world, Northfield has done a great job partnering with a shop in China. I have one of those mandolins that is outstanding. I also have a U.S. made one that cost three times as much. So, I guess my point is that I would caution against generlizations about items made in China in terms of quality, especially as it may be more of an issue of how good the non-China partners are at working with them, QC, etc. And eventually, I suspect that the people in China will be great at these crafts without the need for these partners. Now China labor practices and business practices, that is another story as it is not a free country like Japan or South Korea. Those issues do concern me. The major differences. 1 Japan always has had an economic culture that embraces boutique manufacturers, they also had a long term goal of equaling/ beating everyone else’s quality. Japan never really made exact clones of others, their engineers certainly learned from the rest of the world, but had to much honor to just copy it. And the Japanese Collectors? Anything they have a Yen for... They get. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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