I had an interesting experience over Christmas. I bought myself a Canon digital camera (Made in Japan). After using it a bit, I wanted to buy a 512KB memory card. The clerk in the photo store immediately sold me one. (Made in China) I noticed where it was made and said that I would prefer a Canon one. He said that the Chinese one was better and much faster than the Canon one. (He had both of them in stock)
I stumbled out of the store with the thought in my mind that the ChiComs now have MIRVed ICBMs pointed at us with electronics better that those of Japan.