[Empire_of_Liberty]

I like to say, and this is original me, that the Chinese are really good at making things that look just like the real thing...

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You have said it very well.

Chinese manufacturing does only one thing really well - deceive the customer.

Cut apart a cheap ChiCom kitchen tool like you can get at your grocery store. You will find stainless-plated pot-metal held together by whale snot.

Chinese manufacturing is more like making a Hollywood movie set, than anything else.

[bert]

The problem described is one of purchasing rather than manufacturing. If you buy cheap you get cheap.

There is very likely a more expensive version of the same Chinese product available.

[Secret Agent Man]

I’ve seen the videos of the two guys who traveled to the various deserted cities in China, buildings that were made just a few years before, falling apart

[Leaning Right]

> Chinese manufacturing does only one thing really well - deceive the customer. <

Yep. And they will put on labels that are entirely false. A number of years ago they got caught putting “formaldehyde free” labels on floor planking that was lousy with formaldehyde.