RBM wrote:

Not at all, I'm simply saying factories in mainland China, Shanghai mainly,
can and do produce excellent first rate things. They are also equally able
to make junk. The companies they are manufacturing for,often American
companies like Mattel, decide what quality they want to pay for




Well, you are close. American consumers want as much as they can get of
the cheapest crap in the world. The day-after-Thanksgiving was evidence
of that.