[steve86]

Give 'em time. Because similar things were being said about "Jap junk" only a couple of decades ago.

No, there's a difference. The Japanese were on a learning curve, leading to the best manufacturing capability in the world.

The Chinese deliberately use inferior materials and skip QA/QC steps.

All the difference in the world.

[taxed2death]

“The Chinese deliberately use inferior materials and skip QA/QC steps.”

100% spot on.

[VOA]

“No, there’s a difference. The Japanese were on a learning curve,”

Agreed.

And China, since it’s making so much simply making junk, might be
“dis-incentivized” (is that a word?) from even trying to follow the
track of Japanese exported vehicles of the 1970s to the 2000s.

I suspect that “growing fat” off of making/selling junk will be
a major obstacle to Chinese quality manufacturing.