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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by io98763 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:33AM (#30073858)
I don't recall the Japanese being accused of poor quality. Just imitating rather than innovating. Many Japanese products like swords, knives, cameras, have been known for surprisingly high quality for a long time. Centuries in some cases.

I'd say Chinese manufacturing is a little cheaper and a lot lower quality, and generally the price difference is not remotely sufficient to make up for the loss in performance. You need a company in the middle who cares about their reputation to be safe buying it.

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by danieltanfh95 on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:18PM (#30254548)
most people won't remember it because it's really long ago, just after world war 2
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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by yorwba on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:04PM (#30076396)
> I don't recall the Japanese being accused of poor quality.

It was a different time: https://www.nytimes.com/1952/01/13/archives/japanese-machine... "The Japanese flair for imitating, but not equaling, the manufactures of occidental nations has caught up with her machine-tool industry, ..." (1952)

First it was imitating, but not equaling, then it was imitating with equal quality but a little cheaper, and a few generations later nobody remembers that "Made in Japan" ever meant anything but high quality.

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