By "cheap Chinese stuff.." he ment China brand stuff.
Of course Western brands like Sony, Cannon, etc. made products in China but in what factories, what conditions with what standards.
Sony for example makes their cameras in exactely same environment in China as in Japan, same robots.
This must be explain , because people generalize here with no much sense.
China brand manufactured from inferor materials /example soft crappy steel/ in horrible conditions is something else.