[phil_will1]

"Of course, if you choose to categorize cars made by PRC factories which STOLE US designs (check with Chevrolet and Jeep...)"

That brings up another point. One of the reasons that we have become a hub for technology and innovation is that our laws protecting intellectual property are probably the strongest in the world. China's are among the weakest. I wonder how long it will be until some company outsourcing to PRC gets bitten in the you-know-what by Chinese theft of their proprietary technology.

[ninenot]

Already done. Chevrolet, Jeep and Briggs & Stratton have all seen knockoffs in the marketplace, WAY under-selling the real stuff.

PRC even duplicated the Briggs/Stratton name-and-serial-number plates.