Yes, the Chinese make excellent food, and MORE Chinese people. They are good at that, I'll agree. Everything else, never once can I say they make anything "good", it is more a case of "good enough" for people with a throwaway mentality.
This is why I have a German Braun shaver, Stihl chainsaw, etc.
And as far as component level, yes, we are seeing more Chinese components in cars all the time, and every day they are associated with the failure. But keep in mind OE parts from China are usually made to a higher standard than no-name Chinese replacement parts. I can tell you with good authority on my daily experience the Chinese car parts are BAD. And when some of us TDI clubbers actually got to experience an entire Chinese car at NAIAS we were amazed and frightened by
just how horrific a Geely or Cheng-Feng (or whatever it was) and BYD could actually be. Worse than the worst Yugo you have ever seen. The build quality and parts were SO BAD they had to lock of the Geely HiFun and put a cover over it, because it was literally shedding parts right on the show floor. Words cannot describe how bad those cars are, and unless you were there to see it, I cannot possibly make anyone understand.
At least we all got a kick out of trying to read their Changlish sales brochure....that was the highlight of the weekend.... "Move you in an instant", "Standard Bocsh Germany feul ejections" (no, that last part is NOT a typo, that is actually how it appeared in the brochure).