Tired of China!

[psbfan9]

Made in the USA Products Directory

 

[Hobbit]

First, it only bothers me when someone is cheating. Second, having worked for a company that manufactures in sites all over the world, having visited the manufacturing site in China about 1.5x a year for the last 10 years, what I've learned, contrary to popular belief, is that quality can (and often is) amazing there. The site we use regularly outperforms other sites we use around the world. Third, pretty much when you end up with "cheap" products from China it's because the company - often an American company - wants it that way. YES! If they wanted they could pay more and have a higher quality product made there. In summary, China can, and often does, make some of the highest quality products in the world. It comes down to the old adage, "you get what you pay for."

 

[lsiberian]

I've met a lot beautiful women that were made in China and believe me quality was not lacking one bit.

 

[psbfan9]

China, come chew our air!

 

[brianedm]

I've met a lot beautiful women that were made in China and believe me quality was not lacking one bit.

I hope their rotors haven't rusted!

 

[3zones]

Which brand / model of rotors were these that weren't supposed to rust?

I don't recall now. I'm talking about the rotor hat only on the rear rotors not on fronts. The big upsell for them was that they were made to not rust and had a nice coating of black paint material to assist even more with the not rusting. I looked today and one is really rusty while the other is only just starting. There is just no way they should be rusting given how much I wash it in the winter.

Anybody follow the Klipsch/Energy lawsuit of the Monoprice Chinese knock offs of the Energy Take Classic set? Is that cheating/theft of intellectual capital or something else? China is the biggest offender of this.

 

[Rickster71]

When our country does have a successful guitar company that is Made in the USA like Gibson, this it what we do to them:
Congresswoman calls on Obama to explain motives behind Gibson raid | The Daily Caller

 

[Whitey80]

How long will it be before Cadillac, Ford, GM come with that label affixed.

All of these cars are assembled in the U.S., primarily from parts made in China and Mexico.

 

[little wing]

I am more worried about the cyber hacking, and the fact that their first stealth fighter is now in production, thanks to the information they stole by hacking into our defense department. They have the largest army in the world, and by the time our current president leaves office, China will probably be the world's largest economy. They also have a satellite anti-missile defense system which is currently in orbit. Somebody has to find a way to prevent them raiding our technology at will. Just food for thought......

Bhaskar Chakravorti: The Obama and Xi Meeting: Time for Some California Dreamin'

 

[Adam]

Well, let's hope that TLS is right about all of their stuff being poorly made, then.

 

[lsiberian]

I am more worried about the cyber hacking, and the fact that their first stealth fighter is now in production, thanks to the information they stole by hacking into our defense department. They have the largest army in the world, and by the time our current president leaves office, China will probably be the world's largest economy. They also have a satellite anti-missile defense system which is currently in orbit. Somebody has to find a way to prevent them raiding our technology at will. Just food for thought......

Bhaskar Chakravorti: The Obama and Xi Meeting: Time for Some California Dreamin'

China isn't our enemy. Believe me they aren't as advanced as they would have you believe either. It's called face. FWIW the stealth fighter is a very old and largely symbolic plane now. I'm pretty sure China has never really invaded anyone expect maybe Tibet. Unless they outnumber us 20 to 1 and are guaranteed victory they would never attack us either. And we have just as many hackers as they do. They are just spying on us listening in to Adam and Alex phone calls about that one time in the desert.

 

[little wing]

China isn't our enemy. Believe me they aren't as advanced as they would have you believe either. It's called face. FWIW the stealth fighter is a very old and largely symbolic plane now. I'm pretty sure China has never really invaded anyone expect maybe Tibet. Unless they outnumber us 20 to 1 and are guaranteed victory they would never attack us either. And we have just as many hackers as they do. They are just spying on us listening in to Adam and Alex phone calls about that one time in the desert.

All good points......LOL

 

[Hobbit]

China isn't our enemy. Believe me they aren't as advanced as they would have you believe either. It's called face. FWIW the stealth fighter is a very old and largely symbolic plane now. I'm pretty sure China has never really invaded anyone expect maybe Tibet. Unless they outnumber us 20 to 1 and are guaranteed victory they would never attack us either. And we have just as many hackers as they do. They are just spying on us listening in to Adam and Alex phone calls about that one time in the desert.

Yes, hacking is something everyone is doing, China like us more than you think, and they really don't like the N. Korean's. But don't underestimate their technology either. The head of R&D at the site I visit got his PhD from MIT and ran R&D at one of the most technologically advance companies in the US for over 20 years. With China's economy where it's at more very skilled people are going to repatriate. Why wouldn't he apply what he's learned over the years? I don't forget what I've learned if I start a new job and I always look to see what's out there when I start a project. All planes kind of look the same to me, similarly in my work I've see the same solutions to problems at multiple companies I've worked for; stolen? Not. What I often find strange, and worrisome, is how our government seems to think China is so far behind technology wise and everything is "stolen"...

 

[Rickster71]

China infrastructure 10 years ahead of the United States | Lettersfromitia's Blog

China bests U.S. in technology infrastructure - SFGate






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[Steve81]

China infrastructure 10 years ahead of the United States | Lettersfromitia's Blog
China bests U.S. in technology infrastructure - SFGate

Unfortunately for the Chinese, it's not all sunshine and lollipops.
A High-Speed Failure » Policy Blog » The Maryland Public Policy Institute
Wenzhou train collision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese anger over alleged cover-up of high-speed rail crash | World news | The Guardian

 

[Rickster71]

Unfortunately for the Chinese, it's not all sunshine and lollipops.
A High-Speed Failure » Policy Blog » The Maryland Public Policy Institute
Wenzhou train collision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese anger over alleged cover-up of high-speed rail crash | World news | The Guardian

I'm relieved nothing like that ever happens here.
Trying to type more detail...INS and IRS has control of my keyboard . . . ...

The remainder of this post has been redacted.

 

[PENG]

They are just spying on us listening in to Adam and Alex phone calls about that one time in the desert.

That's too funny but may be true..

 

[Rickster71]

I'm relieved nothing like that ever happens here.
Trying to type more detail...INS and IRS has control of my keyboard . . . ...

The remainder of this post has been redacted.

Oops I meant to say NSA not INS

And about Adam and Alex's phone calls, about that one time in the desert....
It wasn't just one time in the desert.

 

[Alex2507]

That's too funny but may be true..

There is nothing more romantic than two men with some seriously deep feelings for one another ...

Signed: Rick and Doug

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Well, let's hope that TLS is right about all of their stuff being poorly made, then.

Their missiles won't even take off in the morning.