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> And they are not famous for quality.

China's been making 50% of all our stuff for a few decades now. From the cheap knock-offs to the actual, high quality things.

China's "not famous for quality" because a lot of people don't want to pay for quality, but they can for sure make quality things.

Several of Huawei's phones had just been declared "the best phone hardware money can buy" by several big reviewers, just as they got hit by US sanctions last year, for example.

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Everything I have read from manufacturers who bring their manufacturing back to the US and automate it say that Chinese manufacturing issues has to do with competence and training, and that you have to constantly watch for quality issues.

    China's "not famous for quality" because a lot of people don't want to pay for quality, but they can for sure make quality things.

Sure, and that's what I want to know - are the Chinese solar panels being used in the industry premium good quality ones are the cheaper low quality ones?

As with most of these things, it's probably both :-)

For example, Jinko solar's panels have leading conversion efficiency in the industry. I think that many international products that are made in china are low quality is because when international buyers procure from Chinese manufactures they tend to aim for lower costs, which results in lower quality and standards. You pay for what you get. Chinese companies of course will charge more for high quality, competitive and differentiated products. These products require R&D which can only be paid for with margins. http://www.jinkosolar.com/en/site/tigerpro

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