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nomad 13 asked in TravelAsia PacificChina · 7 years ago

Books: has anyone read "Poorly Made In China"?

It's a recent book on the shabby export manufacturing in China. I'd appreciate your views on the book if you've read it. (I can't find a copy yet)

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    "Made in China" is coming to a near end. Just go around the shops, more than half of the garments selling here are not from China.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    i have read it

    yes the author is correct there is a culture of cutting corners to increase margins

    the tide of change is occurring and its no longer becoming as profitable in china, yes people are still investing in china but the majority of so called foreign investment is from hong kong

    nowadays i'm seeing more made in other south asian countries label due to better quality controls and due to ie being more profitable to do so

    but the made in china can be misleading, the item that is assembled is often the plastic case and fall under guidelines for tax reduction payments, high quality components are often imported and assembled, often from taiwan or japan, and hence stamped with a made in china

    due to bad practises in china the businessman can aspect a loss of 10% of stock due to poor workmanship and is now causing a mass exodus of european businesses moving back to european because it is cheaper and standards are better. also china relies more on europe than europe does on china

    if you want to see the dangers of made in china you should read up on "manganese bronze" an automotive engineering company and how made in china components shafted it over

  • 7 years ago

    I read it.

    Even the author himself admits that China makes everything. So to argue that the quality of Chinese good is bad is simply impossible.

    Everything you use daily are made in China, if the quality of Chinese good is bad, the global economic society simply would not function.

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