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> much of which has historically been made in China

The "Chinese crap" argument fails to realize that yes, all cheap crap is made in China, because everything is made in China.

Nobody looks at an iPhone and says "ugh, Chinese crap".




> Nobody looks at an iPhone and says "ugh, Chinese crap".

Well, the really important parts are Taiwanese crap. ;)

But (more seriously), the thing to remember is that the "Chinese crap" stereotype dates back to the days when China didn't have a notable electronics assembly industry... so nearly all the crap hitting US shores was cheap crap. Japan was the big Asian tech producer back then, and we still did a substantial bit of consumer (and industrial) electronics production in-country.




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