The Japanese strategy (or culture) seems to be about improving quality over time, while Chinese business strategy is to stay as cheap as possible.
I'm not saying they are all bad, but the quality and brand recognition is all over the place. They haven't produced a Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, Panasonic JVC, AKAI, etc yet.
That being said, a bit more relevant market segment - bus manufacturing, is also full of Chinese companies that are producing those big boys left and right. They're even opening (opened? haven't kept up with the news) a BYD plant here in Canada.
Writing this makes me feel like I'm going full on Chinese-shilling, but I enjoy competitive markets and reading about them. You're right that brand names are definitely not as recognized as Sharp/Panasonic, but I think our age shows a bit here. I don't think younger people have heard of Sharp or JVC as they're not common household names anymore, but I can guarantee anyone who has ever thought of buying a drone has heard of DJI.
Did they? https://www.statista.com/statistics/243595/vehicle-sales-of-...