[Katsunami]

It's true. Most of the possessions I have that I really value, are either made in Germany, Japan, or a western/northern European country. In those products, I have the confidence that they'd probably outlast me if treated well; most others, not so much.

If something is moved to China or India, I associate this with plummeting quality standards. Not because those countries can't make good stuff (my British designed Hawke Rifle Scope is produced in China, and it's a quality piece of kit), but because most companies moving production there only have one goal in mind: cost reduction at all costs. The savings have to come from somewhere, and it's mostly assembly tolerances and quality control. (Or, in the case of software, sloppily written and badly tested code.) If the products would be of good quality, I'm quite sure that the people building them would demand salaries to match, and that would make the cost cutting much less pronounced. Then, there would be no need to move production.

One Chinese company I can greatly appreciate is Fiio: they create high-end FLAC music players, and they do it in such a way that they could rival any German/European company in quality, and they have support to match. But then, they also have asking prices as high as products made in Germany/Europe.