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I think low quality is only a result of desire to sell cheap, but Chinese producers are capable of meeting high quality standards and out-innovating other countries The bad habits from communism era will disappear eventually

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Of course they are. Like everyone else, they do what they're being paid for. It's the companies that outsource manufacturing to China that create the designs and set the quality standards.

I think 'cheap' comes from outsourcing. There are so many producers in China that have been only doing outsourced production, but now they want to sell their own products. But for the moment they dont have brands, dont know the market, dont know how to approach customers in the wild. So they produce cheap and hope to at least compete by price in a crowd of anonymous alike companies.

In my experience with buying from china, it can be described in a saying that is making rounds especially in marketing gadgets market:

You can pay more, and get 100% of your order QA checked and certain to work. Or you can pay less, and at best you will get 130% of your order because that will statistically ensure there's enough of your order done right in the package, but you sort it yourself.

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