On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:54:39 +1300, Peter Huebner wrote:
But clearly, the Chinese are not there yet. And with their sanctioned
policy of 'saving face is more important than dealing with problems or
addressing the issues' this may take longer for China to get up to speed
and communicate reliably with the rest of the world.

Well yes, because there's no incentive for them (or anyone else) to sort
out the problems or make better products - it really is "you get
what you pay for", and most folk seem happy to buy complete crap so
long as it's cheap. I've seen good Chiense products in the past - with the
associated price tag.

Their labor's cheap, but still skilled if that's what's required; they'll
build and test stuff to the exact level that the buyer's paying for.

cheers

Jules