Unfortunately, the only time that Chinese made products come to prominence here is when they are faulty, contaminated, below standard. Some recent examples include contaminated frozen fruit that caused serious illness (and possibly death), substandard building materials that resulted in fires, causing injury and major property damage, and, in my personal experience, electrical items with faulty wiring, which needed to be rewired to bring them up to Australian standards and avoid causing electrocution, fire and possibly death. However, these experiences nowithstanding, I am sure China produces many fine products.

A lot of the high quality products that are used in the world are made in China. It is clear from this that Chinese made goods can be of the highest standard. However, we see that quality can also be very low. I am left wondering what are the factors behind these differences in qualities. Persoanally I believe this comes down to the companies philosphy and ethics.