Chinese drywall, mexican labor all financed by Fannie Mae, what could go wrong? Same sort of thing happened about 20 years ago with a new stucco exterior material used to finish houses. The material did not breath causing rot and mold inside of the house. As a result the vendor went bankrupt and the homeowners lost their investment. Be careful using new materials, developmental testing will not tell you everything you may want to know about a products life cycle performance.
And deja vu to 40 years ago and aluminum wiring and quick-connect receptacles!
I’ve suspected for a while now that China, in order to cut costs and maximize profit margins, just takes its industrial waste and mixes it into the manufacturing processes of other products, hoping to get rid of and hide it inside other products. The drywall is one example. I remember the chinese paint problem and the chinese pet food problem. Its also a way to transfer waste materials out of country and into other countries.
I’ve had many problems with Chinese products. Once I bought a telephone at Wal-Mart. It was made in China of course. The dang cord between the base and handheld unit was only 18 inches long. I became convinced that some Chinese guy with a calculator had figured out, “...if we just shorten the cord by so much we can increase our profit by 0.14 percent.”
The zipper on a pair of Chinese pants I bought broke the first time I wore them.
Chinese rabbit ears I bought for a TV couldn’t even pick up a picture.