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Everyone should read this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G5Z2A8
It is standard practice for those factories to finish an order for a big-name brand that can afford to push back if quality is bad, then send the QC guy home, bring in a pile of the cheapest materials available, and continue cranking out the same design with a different label for the grey market.
I would recommend the OP and others read [Poorly Made In China](
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004G5Z2A8/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1491188807&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=made+in+china) to get an idea of how China's economy and production culture may not match their given economic data. Many of those who think the Chinese economic growth is sustainable and that China will become a superpower (depending on how you define that) fail to realize how vast the difference is between China's projected image and how things actually are here.
China is a growing country and has a lot of potential, but personally I think it's still a few generations from achieving that "superpower" status and sustaining it for any length of time. This is ignoring that China's military is out of practice and arguably hasn't achieved a military objective since the Korean War if not further back than that.
But this is an academic sub and I'm speaking in anecdotes so let me give some data: I believe China is currently experiencing an economic downturn. [See here for some growth numbers.](
http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Dollars-do-not-lie-the-true-picture-of-China-s-growth?page=1) You also have the Chinese stock market drops over the last couple years, which I believe many of the shares/stocks are still frozen. The Chinese housing market is surging with new housing being built beyond demand and many apartment complexes sitting virtually empty, yet many Chinese still buy apartments and housing as their main vehicles for investment. If the Chinese housing market bursts, a massive chunk of Chinese investment goes with it. The current downturn and the possible housing bubble burst would set back China's progress substantially.
If the question is "Will China become a superpower, eventually?" I would say that given another few decades at least, maybe. If the question is "Will China become a superpower as quickly as many people are predicting? (2020, 2030)" I would say no.
> made in China
== Made in Guangdong Province.
"Guangdong Province: Where we put lead in everything except your pencil".
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game
by Paul Midler
One of the most interesting books I have read in a long time.
When talking about Chinese manufactured products, I say "It looks like an X but it's not an X" It looks like a shoe, but it's not a shoe. It looks like a winter coat, but it's not a winter coat.
You need to read
Poorly Made in China
Aggressive cost reduction methods lead to "the dangerous practice of quality fade—the deliberate and secret habit of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs."
On top of the relentless pressure to reduce prices year over year, each time Walmart adds a smiley face Public Relations program, Walmart shifts the entire cost and burden onto the factories. The factories have to sharpen their pencils and find a way to extract that cost out of the products.