[Zhang Fei]

That being said, we should all be suspicious of quality from Chinese manufacturers - I have an uncle who visits China several times a year to ensure some food production facilities aren’t cutting corners.

Would your uncle not inspect the facilities if they were based stateside? I don't understand people who outsource abroad and just assume that things will go swimmingly without needing management attention.

[LibertyOh]

He inspects facilities worldwide, including stateside. What he has found through long experience is the problem in China of attempts to cut corners that he has not had the same level of problems elsewhere.

I also worked for a large multinational corporation that considered China - but after a management visit found the quality control abysmal and limited the kinds of things that could be manufactured there severely.