The Chinese and the Japanese have never been cozy.
I find it very odd that Honda is manufacturing in China.
It is interesting. We have a Honda Ridgeline, the first model. Before we bought it, we talked to owners of Honda Vehicles with 100,000+ to 200,000+ miles on them. Some are still running.
My Wife’s Lexus is still going after 14+ years. We have neighbors with Acura’s in the same age bracket and still running.
I shop make, year, model when I buy used autos. My last purchase was a 2006 Corolla LE with 367K miles on it for 2550. Very good deal imo. Looked new and was 1-owner owned by a fly-in airplane mechanic. He lives on a grass runway in Lakeland and it was his wife’s car. Maintenance on it was superb with pro-active gasket change on the intake manifold (known manuf. issue). Zero issues to date. It’s a money-saver.
The Japanese have been world class leaders in engineering and manufacturing for many decades.
I saw a GM executive do an interview in the 90’s and he said something like, “It’s not that we can’t build a car like the Lexus at that price, it’s that we can’t build a car like the Lexus.” American car companies have tightened up tolerances a lot but, Japan still is amazing and moving their plant to China..? I suppose if they want to sell to billions of Chinese buyers, you go.