China can make cheap junk exceedingly well.
However, a country has to be built on more than you can get from Wal-Mart.
“However, a country has to be built on more than you can get from Wal-Mart.”
Like bullets? Oh right, made in China.
Like auto parts? Yep... Chinese.
Japan started out making cheap crap we laughed at. Having the factories is 90% of the battle, the quality will come. As for us, how do you tool up what is non existant?
I’ve read in more than one place that one of the reasons the recession in America is lasting so long is that we no longer have a large enough manufacturing base to pull us out of the recession.
Yes, but now they make more than just cheap junk. They have heavy industry, too.