made in china!!!

Yes, it makes sense and pretty smart too. I don't mind buying stuff that has 'Made in China' logo. But if the stuff risking our health and safety, like lotion, medicine etc, I rather pick with quality one.. If it just T-shirt, watches etc, as long as it is cheap I might buy it.

Hi prepzter23, made in China isn't a good strategy both for Chinese and the customers who buy the products. For westerners who buy products made in China, this behavior only drive local manufacturing move to China to get more profile, in the contrary westerners more rely on products made in China than before, but get less money because factory transfer. In the beginning products made in China benefit Chinese economy because in that time all Chinese were extremely poor, but after three decades later all Chinese pay a lots for made in China, correspondingly more and more westerners feel angry of losing job opportunity and money. What are painful payment for Chinese to keep made-in-china policy, as every customer of product labeled made in china, what's your thinking why these goods are cheap. Firstly China sacrifice environment to build mass of factories, and continue in polluting circumstance, a lot of Chinese themselves regard some places of China isn't suit for living; Secondly more Chinese were satisfied with wage ten years before, but now a lot of workers lose their confidences for that the wage never goes up or goes up a little which can be counteracted by living goods price rising; Thirdly nowadays Chinese education is despised, because factory only needs workers who needn't more knowledge. In another hand, to spend more money to get more education is a bad investment because lacking of high salary jobs here. Therefore, made in China isn't a good thing you think of for Chinese, Chinese suffer more than your imagination. You should appreciate China government for it offer chance for you using cheap products.

prepzter23, I feel that there is a misconception here and it needs to be clarify. In your above post and I quote: "Is this strategy of chinese industry thats why they are the fastest booming industrial country in the world?" The strategy was never to produce inferior and harmful products to the consumers. You need to understand that there are things in the market where demands are really price driven and as such retailers are always trying to vie for the cheapest alternative. The product chosen for the market at the end of the day is really not fully the manufacturer's responsibility. I mean would there be any quality if the distributors demands a lower priced quality make? Honestly, if you have noticed even reputable brands like Nike, Converse, Addidas, Prada and etc., are already having their products manufactured in China. So, are they any less inferior in quality? I feel that quality can still be assured from a China made, it will just have to depend on how the distributors want to have it. Wear and tear issues sometimes cannot quite debatable and I am sure the arguments can take us round and round. We just need to see a bigger and clearer picture sometimes. Have a nice day.

Well dear, in short yes. But we really should avoid asking questions that result in yes or no questions. Perhaps it would be better to ask, why do you think that China produces high quantities of low quality goods? Then again, perhaps you went about this right. Anyways, that is one of the major reasons, another is that coal is still very abundant there and cheap to process and use instead of other fuels that are more expensive, as well as labour being cheaper. So it costs less to produce even higher quality things, another aspect is some of the laws regarding the manufacture of goods are less strict there then in other countries. That of course is just my opinion and only some of the reasons for it. Personally I would rather spend more money and have my products last. But that does not stop me from buying things that were "Made in China." Most of the time I don't even look to see where the product was manufactured. Cheers

people noticed what they actually bought for according to their budget. we just get what we paid for. still, there's no problem in patronizing cheap products for as long as it is not detrimental to health or to safety of the buyer/end user. to meet the demands of some people who cannot afford to provide everyone their needs,is also a logical reason behind this marketing strategy. a classic example, indeed. but bear in mind that there are also some signatured products which are made in china and in some other parts of asia due to labor costs. so there.

It seems that nowtodays Chinese Manufactoring industry are going 2 extremes. One is mass production with low quality and low price, like the Brand Copy; The other is Luxurious products manufactory with supreme quality but high price. Studyng the root cause,we find that is because the inferior products are widely popular, especially in the foreign market. Then, it lead to today's Booming phenomenon.

Ya as you told chinese people make products with quantity rather than quality in their mind,but on the other hand chinese electronic prosducts are rather good and they are better than some of our big brands..i used a big brand dvd player which didnt last for even 1 year but then i switched in for a chinese player which is working well for more than two years and i have a vcd player which is also chinese for more than 10 years and it didnt make a single problem till now and i owned a chinese mobile for one year which didnt give any problem till i had it.. Happy Mylotting

no offense with the chinese, but yes! i agree with you, they are the master of counterfeiter..

Hello there... i think its because China has the biggest growth and population , and infacts that there are alot of home industries in china. that make sense if they seems has a lot of product with low qualities, but i am sure they do have some quality products.. you can just look at Japan as a comparisons in population and products, and also culture i think...

HI! Yes, many of the products with sign "made in China" are not be held in respect! Many of them or made with very bad quality and break very easy. They are very cheap and that's why we buy them so much. But I think there are also some quality stuffs like some watch brands and electronics, that you Chinese make!

There are a lot of population and cheap labor in China.So,maybe the cost of products is low correspondly.But,not all commodities' quality are bad,I think.Auto parts,many foreigners buy from China.The price is not very high too.

i think factor is the labor cost. in China, labor cost is very low as compared to other countries that is why investors and other multinational countries are investing there and put up their business there. in depends as to what or who made the products from China. also, if we buy expensive branded products its like we are paying for their names. its because of the tax they are paying is larger than those nonbranded less expensive products. or in worst case, less expensive products are mostly smuggled and do not pass through the customs so there is no tax, hence the low price.

Yes,I agree with your pointof view,but now China has gradually improve product quality,and believe what you said before as long as the number of practice will disappear.Please be assured that China's future.

china-made products have a lager part is also a high-quality, the china government also has a high product quality requirments, a very small number of unscrupulous manufacturers are not representative of china production levels

I believe that not every chinese product is low-quality.I surely believe that the chinese product is cheaper than many of other countries product.Because there are many cheap labor forces.

may be u r right most people should have financial power to buy quality products even if they wish to get quality product .so it is the fast moving goods .profit inceases when sales volume is high.

What some people don't realize is that the made in China stuff doesn't last as long as made in the US stuff. I have noticed that if I buy something made in the US, which is very hard to find but when you do it will last around 10 years, where as something made in China will only last me maybe 2 years. So you get what you paid for. China sells more of there stuff for a reason, think about it if you buy a TV for $200 instead of $500 you think it's a great deal but 2 years later it has to be replaced so there is another $200 or more. 2 years later another $200. And so on, where if you buy the $500 one made in the US it will last you longer and You will save money in the long run.

as a chinese,i'm afraid of vetables with high residue of pesticide,unqualitified food,unqualified ordinary commodity.....Many cheap and gs flood in our daily life.I don't like these but I have no other chose,because I am in China.Many freinds of mine like to shopping in Hongkong because they think that things there will not be fake especially the medicine.

I don't know why we people take it bed way that chinese product is not good. Because of their cheap price only? But do we ever think about other country's same product price. The price is too high. Like if you want to buy one medical equipment from korea their price will be so high. Korean company will give you 2 years warranty. The same product if you want to buy from china then the price will be so cheap moreover they will also give you 2 years warranty or could be more. So this is also the reason to buy a chinese product. I think it's good that china supply us same product in low price!

The condition you mentioned is quite true. In order to push China's manufacturer, China's export is have to be pushed too. It is true that China flood the market with their product, even if the profit margin is only 1 USD, or even below. But to ignore quality? I am not quite with the statement. Flooding market with low-margin product will make China's product purchased and used all over the world. They can produce such a cheap product at least for some reasons. First, in China, the cost of human equity (wage) is quite low. This is also the reason why multinational company which based on Silicon Valley moved their fabrication to Taiwan a decade ago. This reason also takes place why Hollywood now work together with Bollywood. Second, the flooding market needed to be done because of their huge amount of folks, and then to maintain their low currency exchange. This reason is almost similar to Japan's currency exchange. Third, in this world, folks with middle to below financial capacity is majority. So the simple logic is that you can win the market by serving the most people class. This is why Toyota finally become number one's car manufacturer. On the other hand, manufacturer like Jaguar and Range Rover now owned by Tata, India's manufacturer. This reason also takes place why brand like Ferrari cannot come to the world's number one car manufacturer. This is simply because not all the people can afford to buy it. In terms of quality, believe it or not, in a next few years, China Airlines will use their own aircraft, not Boeing or Airbus anymore. There's now way they want to use the aircraft if the quality is not good. This case is quite similar to Malaysia's case of Proton. After a decade of working with Mitsubhisi, Proton now start to export cars worldwide, and building the second car manufacturer, Perodua.