why? because people make racist, generalizations and are pretty stupid.
These generalizations carry over from decades and decades of china/japan/taiwan/asia in general making inferior quality products to U.S. and European made. The 80s, 90s, and now 21st century is the time, and the tables have turned or are turning.
And also, when people buy an Italian bike, I think they expect it to be Italian. But, these old-minded people have to realize that we're a global economy - global companies exist in the free market by cutting costs (asia, where labor's cheap, etc etc).
I have like 3 friends who are so anti-asian with their italian/other country bikes..then they get into their audi/vw's which are made in mexico, use their iphones which are made in china etc etc.
they're also the same people who would complain about paying a premium for US-made products - but of course, they encourage "american-made"