Originally Posted by noglider

These preferences are politically motivated, and they don't make a lot of sense to me. Portraying the Chinese as evil is misguided. Sure, the government is not something I admire, but so what. Some Chinese made stuff is crappy, but not all. Some of it is top notch. The generalizations are generally not very accurate. And remember, things change. In the 70s, we laughed at Japanese made stuff, and then it became, whoa, this is amazing. Then Taiwan. Now Korea. Trust that people who used to be bad at stuff later can become good at it. And if we're not careful, they'll eat our lunch. It's not a conspiracy to take us over. They compete just as we do. Or rather, they compete just as we used to. If I were to attribute evil intentions, it wouldn't be to the Chinese government or companies, it would be to the execs at American companies who outsourced our work to Asia in pursuit of profits.