[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.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

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.

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Actually, that WAS the expensive version. The cheap one is made of sticks.

In most cases, they are making something for a Western market that they do not understand, or frankly, care about. Why should they?