io98763 · HackerTrans

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I think they mean generally. And I tend to agree. I had suspicions while reading it but wasn't completely sure till I checked the Author's bio on the right. Some, if not a lot, of it doesn't apply well if at all the the "classic" fields of engineering, where engineers tend to be much more focused and trained in their skills.

io98763

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The UN was also giving them subsidized shipping rates via the UPU. And as they exploited the subsidies in increasingly-vast numbers, domestic shipping had rates to be increased yet more to compensate. It was cheaper to ship from China than domestically in the US. Basically a tarriff on domestic goods. What do you expect businesses to do? Even if manfacturing wasn't cheaper, it would still be cheaper overall to manufacture there.

Trump finally withdrew from the UPU in 2018 and ended the subsidies.

io98763

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I don't recall the Japanese being accused of poor quality. Just imitating rather than innovating. Many Japanese products like swords, knives, cameras, have been known for surprisingly high quality for a long time. Centuries in some cases.

I'd say Chinese manufacturing is a little cheaper and a lot lower quality, and generally the price difference is not remotely sufficient to make up for the loss in performance. You need a company in the middle who cares about their reputation to be safe buying it.

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