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jswinden · 10-01-2010, 01:29 PM

I mean no disrespect for the Chinese people (mainland or Taiwan), but I suspect that the manufacturing plants on mainland China are little more than forced labor camps. Those of us in the West might hate our jobs and thus do a lousy job, but we can change jobs or companies or careers fairly easily. When we are happy we do great work. But I doubt you have a lot of happy workers in manufacturing plants in mainland China. There doesn't seem to be a lot of incentive for the workers to do top quality work.

When I was growing up in the 1960's nearly everything was stamped made in Japan. Then a bit later most things came stamped made in Taiwan. But we got solid, quality built merchandise. The crap we get these days stamped made in China is not IMO the fault of the Chinese laborers who build it but the fault of the Chinese system which treats it's workers like cattle and places emphasis on quantity rather than quality.

10-01-2010, 01:29 PM	#12
jswinden Nameless Being	I mean no disrespect for the Chinese people (mainland or Taiwan), but I suspect that the manufacturing plants on mainland China are little more than forced labor camps. Those of us in the West might hate our jobs and thus do a lousy job, but we can change jobs or companies or careers fairly easily. When we are happy we do great work. But I doubt you have a lot of happy workers in manufacturing plants in mainland China. There doesn't seem to be a lot of incentive for the workers to do top quality work. When I was growing up in the 1960's nearly everything was stamped made in Japan. Then a bit later most things came stamped made in Taiwan. But we got solid, quality built merchandise. The crap we get these days stamped made in China is not IMO the fault of the Chinese laborers who build it but the fault of the Chinese system which treats it's workers like cattle and places emphasis on quantity rather than quality.