Maybe mr-914 you missunderstood, I never meant to give an impression Chinese are dumb. No insults were thrown at the Chinese, in fact you need to give the chinese credit for taking fully functioning high quality products to the american market sooner than you could do in the US at a cheaper price.
I do not think creative design is coming out of China right now.
Many products are still designed around the world, but usually sourced in china yep, sourced (manufactured in China)
Being underpaid is pretty different from cost of labor to make a product.
The labor to make a product in the US is more expensive than mexico, the labor to make the same product in mexico is more than china.
I agree, As Bob Lutz I can underpay my Mexican auto workers compared to my chinese auto workers but my product will still cost less overall in China.
I am a living breathing red blooded American with a 35 foot flagpole in the yard that has old glory waving. It still does not change the current fact that labor is cheaper in china.
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